Sunnybank Hills, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Sunnybank Hills
city = Brisbane
state = Queensland

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caption = A Welcome Swallow visits the car park in Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown.

municipal= Brisbane City Council
postcode = 4109
est =
pop = 16,442 (2004 census)
area = 6.4
propval = [http://www.iconexhomeloans.com.au/real_estate/qld/sunnybank_hills.html $270,000] (2004)
stategov = Electoral district of Algester
Electoral district of Stretton
fedgov = Moreton
near-nw = Coopers Plains
near-n = Sunnybank
near-ne = Macgregor
near-w = Acacia Ridge
near-e = Runcorn
near-sw = Algester
near-s = Calamvale
near-se = Calamvale
dist1 =
location1=

Sunnybank Hills is an outer southern suburb of Brisbane about 15 kilometres from Brisbane CBD, in Queensland, Australia. It is a large suburb, and adjoins the suburbs of Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Sunnybank, Macgregor, Algester, Acacia Ridge and Runcorn.

History

Sunnybank Hills was originally part of a much larger area known as Coopers Plains. In 1885, the railway line was extended from Yeerongpilly, and names had to be given to the railway stations built along the line. One of the stations was named after a local farm, Sunny Brae, when two acres of land were taken over for the railway. "Brae" is the Scottish word for the English word "bank", so the area was given boundaries and named Sunnybank. The area of Sunnybank Hills was officially defined in 1971, although it had been unofficially called this for many years. [http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp]

Geography

Sunnybank Hills has numerous ridges and hills, with lower wetter areas in the north and east. These form the marshes near Sunnybank and Runcorn railway stations. [http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp] There are many parks and greenspaces in the area. The soil is fertile and watered by numerous small creeks, including a large one that flows north–south across the suburb, and the suburb borders on the small wildfowl habitat and wetlands of neighbouring Calamvale Creek.

Population

Sunnybank Hills is a multicultural and affluent suburb. Around 51% of households in the area are couples with children, 31% are couples without children, and 14% are single-parent households. Eighty-eight per cent of the dwellings in the area are stand-alone houses; townhouses account for another 8%. The houses are mainly modern brick and tile houses but there is a sprinkling of post-war weatherboard homes in the area. There were 16,442 people living in Sunnybank Hills during the 2004 census, with most aged under 25. [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/305051552Population/People12000-2004?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=305051552&issue=2000-2004&num=&view=]

Shopping

The suburb is serviced by several shopping centres. These include Shauna Downs on the corner of Wynne Street and Beenleigh Road, Pinelands Plaza on Mains Road, and the large Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown on the corner of Compton & Calam Roads. Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown features a Woolworths supermarket and the southside's only Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket (formerly a Coles and Kmart as separate stores until the mid 1990s), Best & Less, Crazy Clarks, and a number of specialty stores. Aldi and Lincraft are due to open in the centre soon.

Dining

A large percentage of the population is Asian, and the cultural scene is brought to life with many Asian restaurants, along with numerous coffee shops and eateries of many cultures. Restaurants in Sunnybank Hills and neighbouring Sunnybank include Thai, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Italian cuisines.

Society and education

Churches in Sunnybank Hills include the Antioch International Church on Beenleigh Road, and [http://www.sunnybank.ucaweb.com.au/ Sunnybank Hills Uniting Church] on the corner of Hellawell Road and Hillcrest Street. The local school is [http://sunnhillss.eq.edu.au/wcmss/welcome.html Sunnybank Hills State School] in Symons Road.

External links

* [http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp BRISbites]
* [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/305051552Population/People12000-2004?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=305051552&issue=2000-2004&num=&view= Australian Bureau of Statistics]

ee also

* Sunnybank
* Calamvale