Woorim

Woorim is a town and suburb of Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.

Woorim is a town and suburb of Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Woorim had a population of 1,829 people.

The name Woorim may be derived from the Kabi language word wurama meaning red backed sea eagle.The Bribie Island Fortifications were constructed from 1939 to 1943 as part of the systems of defence of southeast Queensland during the Second World War, and to provide artillery training for Australian soldiers for overseas service. Other fortifications were also apparent throughout Moreton Bay during the war, at Caloundra and on Moreton Island at Cowan Cowan Point and Rous, which together with the existing installations at Fort Lytton, provided a coordinated series of defensive batteries for the region.In the 2011 census, the suburb recorded a population of 1,765 persons, with a median age of 53 years.In the 2016 census, Woorim had a population of 1,829 people, with a median age of 57 years.