Ellen Grove is an outer south-western

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

in the

City of Brisbane The City of Brisbane is a local government area (LGA) which comprises the inner portion of Greater Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. Its governing body is the Brisbane City Council. The LGAs in the other mainland state capitals ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, Australia. In the , Ellen Grove had a population of 3,586 people.

Geography

The southern boundary of the suburb is partially marked by the Logan Motorway. The Centenary Highway passes through the suburb from north to south. The Richlands and Inala reservoirs were built in the suburb to increase water pressure for residents in the surrounding suburbs.

History

Ellen Grove was subdivided for housing around 1959, with the name of the suburb gazetted in 1962 due to lobbying from the Ellen Grove Progress Association. The subdivisions were between in area with no services provided. The owner of the original land was R.P. Spinks who had a daughter named Ellen Dabing. She often played with local Aboriginals in a grove of trees along Bullockhead Creek. The area became known as Ellen's Grove. A portion of the suburb of Carole Park had since been annexed to form part of the suburb of Ellen Grove as part of a

Brisbane City Council Brisbane City Council (BCC, also known as Council) is the local government of the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. The largest local government in Australia by population, BCC's jurisdiction includes 2 ...

and Ipswich City Council redistribution assignment, and in 2009, the suburb was extended both to the north and south, increasing the population significantly.

Demographics

In the , Ellen Grove recorded a population of 2,529 people, 51% female and 49% male. The median age of the Ellen Grove population was 28 years of age, 9 years below the Australian median. 55.9% of people living in Ellen Grove were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, Vietnam 5.4%, Samoa 2.9%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.2%. 59.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 9.8% Vietnamese, 5.3% Samoan, 1% Kirundi (Rundi), 1% Mandarin, 0.9% Arabic. In the , Ellen Grove had a population of 2,906 people. In the , Ellen Grove had a population of 3,586 people.

Education

There are no schools in Ellen Grove. The nearest government primary schools are Carole Park State School in neighbouring Wacol to the north, Forest Lake State School in neighbouring Forest Lake to the north-east, and Grand Avenue State school in neighbouring Forest Lake to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Forest Lake State High School in neighbouring Forest Lake to the east.

Facilities

Carole Park Wastewater Treatment Plant is a sewage treatment plant in the north-west of the suburb (). It releases its

effluent Effluent is wastewater from sewers or industrial outfalls that flows directly into surface waters, either untreated or after being treated at a facility. The term has slightly different meanings in certain contexts, and may contain various pol ...

into the

Brisbane River The Brisbane River (Turrbal language, Turrbal: ) is the longest river in South East Queensland, Australia. It flows through the city of Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay on the Coral Sea. John Oxley, the first European to explore the ...

, downstream of its confluence with Woogaroo Creek.

Amenities

The suburb contains a small shopping centre at 255 Waterford Road (). Ellen Grove Post Office is part of this centre. Ellen Grove is serviced by a fortnightly visit of the

's mobile library service at the Carole Park State School, 260 Waterford Road, Wacol (). Despite the name, Forest Lake Uniting Church is at 528 Waterford Road in Ellen Grove (). Elim Gospel Church of Australasia is at 8 Julie Road ().

Transport

Provisions have been made for the proposed Ellen Grove railway station on the Springfield line, which passes through Ellen Grove.

References

{{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Suburbs of the City of Brisbane Populated places established in 1962