Doolandella is an outer western

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in the City of Brisbane,

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, Australia. In the , Doolandella had a population of 4,817 people.

Geography

Doolandella is south-west of the Brisbane central business district. Blunder Creek forms the eastern and southern boundaries of the suburb. The suburb has access to the

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via Blunder Road as well as the Logan Motorway to the south.

History

Doolandella was declared as an official suburb in 1976. The name Doolandella, or Dulandella as expressed by

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, is a

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referring to the Geebung tree, a broad leaved shrub with yellow fruit which grows in the area. In 2004, a total of 70 houses with a population of 255 was recorded in the suburb. In the , Doolandella recorded a population of 3,105 people, 49% female and 51% male. The median age of the Doolandella population was 30 years of age, 7 years below the Australian median. 55.6% of people living in Doolandella were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 11.9%, New Zealand 5.6%, India 2.9%, England 2.1%, Fiji 1.7%. 53.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 19.5% Vietnamese, 2.7% Samoan, 2.3% Hindi, 2.1% Mandarin, 1.9% Spanish. In the , Doolandella had a population of 4,817 people.

Education

There are no schools within the suburb. There are primary schools in the neighbouring suburbs of Inala, Durack, Pallara, and Forest Lake and secondary schools in Durack and Forest Lake.

References

External links

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Doolandella
{{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Suburbs of the City of Brisbane