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Park Ridge is a suburb in the City of Logan, located in the south of the Brisbane

metropolitan area in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Park Ridge had a population of 8,455 people.

Park Ridge lies to Logan’s west and enjoys a rural setting. There are acreage properties bordered by bushland. The suburb is dissected by Park Ridge Road in an east-west direction, while its western and eastern boundaries are marked by the Mount Lindesay Highway and Chambers Flat Road, respectively.

History:

Logan Ridges was the original name for the suburb of Park Ridge. This was until the early 1890s, when the post office changed its name to reflect the park-like nature of the area.

Early settlers hailed from Yorkshire, and timbering and farming were the primary industries during the 1890s and remained important through to the early 20th century,  when tobacco growing was taken on. Success was fleeting, and eventually, poultry farming came to the fore; Ingham’s Chickens became a major employer.

Park Ridge Provisional School opened on 23 April 1895, located between Rosia Road and  Hillcrest Road; it became a state school on 1 January 1909. Unfortunately, the building did not have ant caps on the stumps, and eventually the white ants damaged the building.

In 1915, the school relocated to its present site, where the (then) disused Browns Plains  Provision School had been relocated. In the 1930s, Park Ridge was the centre for tobacco farming. Park Ridge State High School opened on 29 January 1991. In 1996, the population of Park Ridge was 1,549 people. 71% of the homes in Park Ridge were owner-occupied. Saint Philomena School opened on 2 February 1999 on 11 acres 4.5  ha) of rural land. It is affiliated with the Society of St Pius X. Parklands Christian College opened on 11 April 2001.