Stafford Heights, Queensland
| Stafford Heights Brisbane, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Stafford Heights | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°23′44″S 153°00′38″E / 27.3955°S 153.0105°ECoordinates: 27°23′44″S 153°00′38″E / 27.3955°S 153.0105°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 6,833 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,140/km2 (5,530/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4053 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 10.8 km (7 mi) from Brisbane | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Brisbane (Marchant Ward;[2] McDowall Ward)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lilley | ||||||||||||||
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Stafford Heights is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[4]
Geography[]
Stafford Heights is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of the Brisbane central business district. Stafford Heights is generally hilly, and has one major waterway, Downfall Creek. Stafford Heights is north of Stafford.
History[]
Stafford Heights is named because it is on higher ground than its neighbouring Stafford. The Heights name was used locally as a neighbourhood name from the 1950s, but it became a gazetted suburb in 1975. Stafford was a name adopted by local consent in 1885–1886, after Staffordshire in England.[4]
Stafford Heights State School opened on 3 April 1956.[5]
Somerset Hills State School opened on 24 January 1966.[5]
In 2002 Queen of Apostles Catholic Primary School opened its lower campus for younger students. Its original "upper" campus opened on 30 January 1962 in Stafford to the south.[6][7][8]
A small part of north-east Stafford Heights is part of Paramount Estate, a plan which involved naming the streets after the last names of actors at around the 1970s, but little evidence of this exists online. The majority of Paramount Estate lies in McDowall.
Education[]
Queen of Apostles Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls. The school has two campuses. The lower campus (Prep-2) is at 46 Chuter Street in Stafford Heights (27°23′35″S 153°00′28″E / 27.3931°S 153.0079°E), while the upper campus (3-6) is at 10 Thuruna Street in neighbouring Stafford to the south.[9][10] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 486 students with 40 teachers (28 full-time equivalent) and 35 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).[11]
Demographics[]
In the 2011 census, the population of Stafford Heights was 6,780, 51.8% female and 48.2% male.
The median age of the Stafford Heights population was 38 years, 1 year above the Australian median.
76.9% of people living in Stafford Heights were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 2.6%, Italy 1.7%, Philippines 1%, India 0.5%.
84.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.9% Italian, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% Cantonese, 0.4% Arabic.
Furthermore, since the 1970s the population of this suburb has been slow declining, as is shown by the census figures for population.
References[]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Stafford Heights (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Marchant Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ "McDowall Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Stafford Heights – suburb in City of Brisbane (entry 49716)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ a b Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "School Profile". Queen of Apostles Catholic Primary School. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Queen of Apostles School" (PDF). Queen of Apostles Catholic Primary School. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Queen of Apostles Primary School". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stafford Heights, Queensland. |
- University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Stafford Heights
- "Stafford Heights". BRISbites. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
- "Stafford Heights". Our Brisbane. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 14 September 2007.
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