Douglas is a
suburb
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of
Townsville
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in the
City of Townsville
The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland, Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville, together with the surrounding rural areas. To the south are the communities of Alligator Creek, Woodstock a ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Douglas had a population of 7,780 people.
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Geography
Douglas is bounded to the north by the '' Ross River'' and is to the south-west of the Townsville CBD
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It is the city's central business d ...
.James Cook University
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and the Townsville University Hospital. The suburb is also known due to the Douglas Arterial Road which is a dual-carriageway motorway
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through the suburb, and was the first stage of the Townsville Ring Road (now the Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...
). Douglas–Garbutt Road (University Road) runs along the north-eastern boundary.
History
The suburb was named by the Queensland Place Names Board
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on 1 July 1968 after Robert Johnstone Douglas, a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland
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The original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court allows its trial division to ...
from 1923 to 1953.[
The suburb is in the middle of a residential boom, with student accommodation expansion projects at ]James Cook University
James Cook University (JCU) is a public university in North Queensland, Australia. The second oldest university in Queensland, JCU is a teaching and research institution. The university's main campuses are located in the tropical cities of Cair ...
and also the establishment of two Housing estates in close proximity.
Enkindle Village School opened at the James Cook University campus on 19 February 2019 with 17 students from Prep to Year 3.
Demographics
In the , Douglas had a population of 7,744 people.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.
71.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India 4.3%, England 2.3% and New Zealand 1.7%.
76.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malayalam at 3.2%.
The most common responses for religion were No Religion 38.3%, Catholic 19.2% and Anglican 10.4%.
Education
Endkindle Village School is a private primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 1 James Cook Drive within James Cook University. It will be accepting all primary year students by 2022.
Tec-NQ is a private secondary (11–12) school for boys and girls at 54 Discovery Drive ().Thuringowa State High School
Thuringowa State High School is a public co-educational secondary school located in the Townsville suburb of Condon, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education, with an enrolment of 678 students and a t ...
in Condon and Heatley Secondary College in Heatley.
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Suburbs of Townsville