Heathwood is an outer south-western suburb in the

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, Australia. In the , Heathwood had a population of 2,794 people.

Geography

Heathwood is by road southwest of the Brisbane GPO. It is relatively small in area but marked by brand new big houses. The

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passes through the suburb from west ( Forest Lake) to east ( Larapinta). It divides the suburb into two distinct areas, the northern part which is residential and the southern part which is industrial in the south and south-western parts and undeveloped in the south-eastern part. Heathwood is bounded to the north-east by Portree Crescent, Blunder Road, and Wadeville Street, to the south-west by

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, to the south by Johnson Road, and to the west by Old Blunder Road. All the streets in Heathwood are named after native Australian flora/plants and trees.

History

The suburb was declared a suburb in 1970 when it was separated from

Acacia Ridge Acacia Ridge is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Acacia Ridge had a population of 7,429 people. Geography Acacia Ridge is south of the central business district. It is within the local government are ...

. Heathwood was named after an early settler in the district. In the , Heathwood recorded a population of 1,820 people, 50.3% female and 49.7% male. The median age of the Heathwood population was 32 years of age, 5 years below the Australian median. 54.2% of people living in Heathwood were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7.6%, Vietnam 5.5%, England 4.7%, India 3.2%, South Africa 2.5%. 63.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 9.1% Vietnamese, 3.6% Hindi, 2.5% Mandarin, 1.1% Sinhalese, 1.1% Samoan. In the , Heathwood had a population of 2,794 people (an increase of 974 from the 2011 census).

Education

There are no schools in Heathwood. The nearest primary school is Pallara State School in Pallara but on the boundary with Heathwood. The nearest secondary school is

Forest Lake State High School Forest Lake State High School (FLSHS) is a secondary state school located in Forest Lake, Queensland, Australia. History The school was opened in 2001, with only year 8. Year levels increased each year with the first cohort of year 12 studen ...

in Forest Lake.

Transport

Heathwood is connected to

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by a number of routes e.g.

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through Forest Lake,

Ipswich Motorway The Ipswich Motorway (M7) is a major road that connects Brisbane and Ipswich in South East Queensland, Australia. It commences at the junction of Ipswich Road and Granard Road and proceeds through to the M2 Logan Motorway interchange. It is t ...

through

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and by rail through Richlands.

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operates two routes that serve stops in Heathwood: *118: to Brisbane City via Forest Lake and

*460: to Brisbane City via Forest Lake Shops, Richlands Station and

Indooroopilly Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7km west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people. Geography Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Ri ...

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* {{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Suburbs of the City of Brisbane Populated places established in 1975 1975 establishments in Australia