Ellen Grove, Queensland

Ellen Grove is an outer suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of the Brisbane central business district.[3] At the 2016 Australian Census the population was recorded as 2,906.[1]

Ellen Grove
Brisbane, Queensland
Lovat Street, Ellen Grove
Population2,906 (2016 census)[1]
Established1962
Postcode(s)4078
Location20 km (12 mi) from Brisbane GPO
LGA(s)City of Brisbane
(Jamboree Ward)[2]
State electorate(s)Inala
Federal Division(s)Oxley
Suburbs around Ellen Grove:
Gailes Wacol Forest Lake
Carole Park Ellen Grove Forest Lake
Carole Park Carole Park Forest Lake

History

Ellen Grove was subdivided for housing around 1959, with the name of the suburb gazetted in 1962 due to lobbying from the Ellen Grove Progress Association.[4] The subdivision were between two and four acres in area with no services provided.

The owner of the original land was R.P. Spinks who had a daughter named Ellen Dabing. She often played with local Aboriginals in a grove of trees along Bullockhead Creek.[4] The area became known as Ellen's Grove.

A portion of the suburb of Carole Park had since been annexed to form part of the suburb of Ellen Grove as part of a Brisbane City Council and Ipswich City Council redistribution assignment,[5] and in 2009, the suburb was extended both to the north and south, increasing the population significantly.[4]

Geography

The southern boundary of the suburb is partially marked by the Logan Motorway. The Centenary Highway passes through the suburb from north to south.[6] The Richlands and Inala reservoirs were built in the suburb to increase water pressure for residents in the surrounding suburbs.

Amenities

The suburb contains a small shopping village.[4]

Ellen Grove is serviced by a fortnightly visit of the Brisbane City Council's mobile library service at the Carole Park State School, 260 Waterford Road, Wacol.[7]

Transport

Provisions had been made for the proposed Ellen Grove railway station on the Springfield line which passes through Ellen Grove.[8]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Ellen Grove recorded a population of 2,529 people, 51% female and 49% male.[9] The median age of the Ellen Grove population was 28 years of age, 9 years below the Australian median. 55.9% of people living in Ellen Grove were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, Vietnam 5.4%, Samoa 2.9%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.2%. 59.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 9.8% Vietnamese, 5.3% Samoan, 1% Kirundi (Rundi), 1% Mandarin, 0.9% Arabic.[9]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ellen Grove (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  2. "Jamboree Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "Ellen Grove (entry 48323)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. Mynott, Wicki (2009). 150 years: Richlands, Inala & neighbouring suburbs in Brisbane's South West. Richlands, Inala & Suburbs History Group. pp. 101–104.
  5. "Ellen Grove – suburb in City of Brisbane (entry 48323)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  7. "Mobile library services". Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  8. "Darra to Springfield Transport Corridor Stage 2 Richlands to Springfield" (PDF). Queensland Rail. July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2021.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ellen Grove (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 January 2013.

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