Kenmore Hills is a

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in the

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

Geography

Kenmore Hills is by road by the

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. 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 () at above sea level.

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 Wickham Terrace is one of the historic streets of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is known as the street of private medical specialists. Geography Wickham Terrace commences at the western corner of the intersection of Ann Street and Whar ...

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). On 12 May 1934 the Anglican Church opened St Christopher's Lodge, a home for boys. It was officially opened by

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, the Member of the

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for

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. It was a farm school which operated until circa 1959. Around thid time of the site was sold to the Presbyterian Church (now the

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) to develop an aged care centre. It was subsequently used a

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used by the

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, a centre for contemplative spirituality and other community purposes. It is listed on the

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. 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. 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.

Education

There are no schools in Kenmore Hills. The nearest primary schools are Chapel Hill State School in neighouring

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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 Kenmore State High School is a secondary education institution in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, with 1,960 students from grades seven through twelve in 2020. The school was opened in 1972. Since that time, it has offered many extracurricula ...

in Kenmore.

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