Sinnamon Park is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

in the City of Brisbane,

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Sinnamon Park had a population of 6,419 people.

Geography

Sinnamon Park is by road south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bounded to the north by the median of the

Brisbane River The Brisbane River is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia, and flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the river, named it after the Go ...

. It is partly bounded to the east by the Jindalee Creek riparian zone and mostly to the west by the Western Freeway. The land use is residential.

History

In 1879, the local government area of

Yeerongpilly Division Yeerongpilly is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yeerongpilly had a population of 1,934 people. Geography Yeerongpilly is south-west of the Brisbane GPO. A small section of the north eastern bound ...

was created. In 1891, parts of Yeerongpilly Division were excised to create Sherwood Division becoming a Shire in 1903 which contained the area of Wolston Estate. In 1925, the

Shire of Sherwood The Shire of Sherwood is a former local government area of Queensland, Australia, located in south-western Brisbane in and around the suburb of Sherwood. History On 11 November 1879, the Yeerongpilly Division was created as one of 74 division ...

was amalgamated into the City of Brisbane. A portion of Sinnamon Park was formerly part of the Wolston Estate, consisting of 54 farms on an area of 3,000 acres, offered for auction at Centennial Hall, Brisbane, on 16 October 1901. Wolston Estate was the property of M. B. Goggs, whose father obtained the land forty years previously in the 1860s and after whom Goggs Road is named. Only three of the farms sold at the original auction. The suburb of Sinnamon Park was officially named and bounded on 13 May 1989, with the land excised from the suburb of Seventeen Mile Rocks. Sinnamon Park is named for the pioneering Sinnamon family headed by James and Margaret Sinnamon. The land occupied by Sinnamon Village retirement complex and the river flats east of the Centenary Freeway were formerly their family farm.

Demographics

In the , the population of Sinnamon Park was 6,362, 53.4% female and 46.6% male. The median age of the Sinnamon Park population was 39 years, 2 years above the Australian median. 61.1% of people living in Sinnamon Park were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 3%, India 2.7%, South Africa 2.5%, Vietnam 2.5%. 72.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 3.7% Vietnamese, 3% Mandarin, 2% Cantonese, 1.7% Hindi, 1.1% Persian (excluding Dari). In the , Sinnamon Park had a population of 6,419 people.

Heritage listings

Sinnamon Park has a number of

heritage-listed This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many ...

sites, including: * 645 & 693 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road:

Sinnamon Farm Sinnamon Farm is a heritage-listed farm at 645 & 693 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Sinnamon Park, Queensland, Sinnamon Park, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1869 to 1890s. It is also known as Avondale & Macleod aviation ...

(including the houses "Avondale", "Beechwood" and "Glen Ross" and Seventeen Mile Rocks School) * 675 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road:

Sinnamon Memorial Uniting Church Sinnamon Memorial Uniting Church is a heritage-listed Uniting church at 675 Seventeen Mile Rocks Road, Sinnamon Park, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1888 by Wilson Henry. It is also known as Seventeen Mile Rocks Chur ...

Education

There are no schools in Sinnamon Park. The nearest primary schools are Jindalee State School in neighbouring Jindalee to the north-west, Jamboree Heights State School in neighbouring Jamboree Heights to the south-west, and Darra State School in neighbouring Darra to the south. The nearest secondary school is

Centenary State High School Centenary State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school at 1 Moolanda Street, Jindalee, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a co-curricular, co-educational school that opened in 1999. At that time, it catered for stud ...

in Jindalee.

Politics

The people of Sinnamon Park are represented in the Queensland Parliament by

Jess Pugh Jessica Claire Pugh (born 29 May 1985) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Mount Ommaney in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since the 2017 Queensland election. Early life and education Born in Brisbane, Pugh at ...

, the ALP Member for

Mount Ommaney Mount Ommaney is a south-western riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The mountain of the same name is located within the locality (). In the , Mount Ommaney had a population of 2,360 people. Geography Mount Omman ...

References

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