Kenmore Hills, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Kenmore Hills
City:Brisbane
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.4936°N 152.9294°W
Pop:2448
Established:1975
Postcode:4069
Area:4.7
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:City of Brisbane
(Pullenvale Ward)[1]
Stategov:Moggill
Fedgov:Ryan
Dist1:14.6
Dir1:WSW
Location1:Brisbane CBD
Near-N:Mount Coot-tha
Near-Ne:Chapel Hill
Near-E:Chapel Hill
Near-Se:Kenmore
Near-S:Kenmore
Near-Sw:Brookfield
Near-W:Brookfield
Near-Nw:Brookfield

Kenmore Hills is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the, Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,448 people.

Geography

Kenmore Hills is by road by the Brisbane CBD.[3]

Although the northern part of the suburb is on the foothills of Mount Coot-tha, there is only one named peak in the suburb: Carver Hill in the south-east (-27.5005°N 152.9308°W) at 70m (230feet) above sea level.[4]

History

Kenmore Hills originally formed part of Brookfield, but in 1969 the name was changed to Kenmore Hills, based on the neighbouring suburb of Kenmore.

In 1932 Father Robert Bartlett Bates, the rector of All Saints Anglican Church at Wickham Terrace purchased a house at 139 Brookfield Road to establish St John's Home for Aged Men, which subsequently relocated to West Toowong (where it continues to operate as St John's Residential Aged Care Home).[5] On 12 May 1934, the Anglican Church opened St Christopher's Lodge, a home for boys. It was officially opened by James Francis Maxwell, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong.[6] It was a farm school which operated until circa 1959. Around this timem of the site was sold to the Presbyterian Church (now the Uniting Church in Australia) to develop an aged care centre. It was subsequently used a friary used by the Society of Saint Francis, a centre for contemplative spirituality and other community purposes.[7] [8] [9] It is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register.[10] In 2019, the site was sold by the Anglican Church to the Uniting Church on the condition that community could continue to use the site.[11]

Demographics

In the, Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,577 people, 53.2% female and 46.8% male. The median age of the Kenmore Hills population was 44 years of age, 7 years above the Australian median. 60.5% of people living in Kenmore Hills were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 7.5%, South Africa 4.2%, New Zealand 3%, India 2.4%, Scotland 1.3%. 81.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.9% Mandarin, 1.1% German, 1% Cantonese, 0.9% Telugu, 0.8% Afrikaans.

In the, Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,402 people.

In the, Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,448 people.

Heritage listings

Education

There are no schools in Kenmore Hills. The nearest primary schools are Chapel Hill State School in neighbouring Chapel Hill to the east, Kenmore State School in neighbouring Kenmore to the south, and Brookfield State School in neighbouring Brookfield to the west. The nearest secondary school is Kenmore State High School in Kenmore.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pullenvale Ward. Brisbane City Council. 12 March 2017. 12 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312054538/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/councillors-wards/pullenvale-ward. live.
  2. 17 September 2020.
  3. Web site: Brisbane GPO to Kenmore Hills. 29 September 2020. Google Maps. 24 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210924014842/https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/Australia+Post+-+Brisbane+GPO,+261+Queen+St,+Brisbane+City+QLD+4000/Kenmore+Hills+QLD+4069/@-27.4804966,152.9468198,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b915a1ce986c647:0x607f6d20ee939285!2m2!1d153.0279545!2d-27.4679287!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b91519f29036147:0x502a35af3de8da0!2m2!1d152.933333!2d-27.5!3e0?shorturl=1. live.
  4. 17 September 2020.
  5. Web site: St John's Residential Aged Care Home. live. 24 September 2021. Anglicare Southern Queensland. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730054443/https://anglicaresq.org.au/getting-older/residential-aged-care/st-johns-home-for-men/.
  6. News: 5 May 1934 . CHURCH NEWS . 6 . . 6645 . Queensland, Australia . National Library of Australia . 24 September 2021 . 24 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924014854/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186156050 . live.
  7. Web site: St Christopher's Lodge (1934 – 1959) . live . 24 September 2021 . Find and Connect . . 12 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140212083303/http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/qld/QE00439.
  8. Web site: About the Old Friary – The Friary Community. 2021-09-24 . friary.org.au . 19 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210319061405/http://www.friary.org.au/about-the-friary . live.
  9. Web site: Friary brief history 27 Aug 18 (V.Binns).doc. 2021-09-24. docs.google.com. 24 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210924002900/https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZnJpYXJ5Lm9yZy5hdXx0aGUtZnJpYXJ5LWNvbW11bml0eXxneDo0NzYzOGFhOTZlNzJlYTRi. live.
  10. 24 September 2021.
  11. Web site: Revisiting the Old Friary in Kenmore Hills. 2021-09-24. KenmoreNews. en-AU. 10 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210310083349/https://kenmorenews.com.au/index.php/revisiting-the-old-friary-in-kenmore-hills/. live.
  12. 9 March 2020.