Pimlico is a

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 ...

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Pimlico had a population of 2,557 people.

Geography

The suburb is roughly rectangular and longer to the north-south than to the east-west. It is bounded to the north by North Townsville Road (Woolcock Street) and to the east by Kings Road. The land is flat and below 10 metres above sea level. The predominant land use is lowset low-density housing.

History

Pimlico is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. The suburb is believed to be named after either the London suburb of

Pimlico Pimlico () is a district in Central London, in the City of Westminster, built as a southern extension to neighbouring Belgravia. It is known for its garden squares and distinctive Regency architecture. Pimlico is demarcated to the north by Lon ...

or the London trotting track.

Pimlico State High School Pimlico State High School is a government public high school in Townsville, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australi ...

opened on 27 January 1959.

Demographics

In the , Pimlico had a population of 2,460 people. In the , Pimlico had a population of 2,557 people.

Education

There are no schools in Pimlico. The nearest primary schools are

Hermit Park State School Hyde Park is a suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. In the , Hyde Park had a population of 1,374 people. Geography Hyde Park is north of Mysterton, west of Hermit Park, east of Pimlico, and south of West End, and its pos ...

in neighbouring Hyde Park to the east, Mundingburra State School in neighbouring Mundingburra to the south, and Currajong State School in neighbouring Gulliver to the west. The nearest secondary schools are

in neighbouring Gulliver to the west and

Townsville State High School Townsville State High School, also colloquially known as Town High, is a secondary school in Railway Estate, Townsville (Queensland, Australia), an area administered by Townsville City Council. History Townsville State High School was e ...

in Railway Estate to the north-east.

Facilities

Castletown Shopping Centre occupies the northern end of the suburb. In the south of the suburb is Townsville's largest

private hospital A private hospital is a hospital not owned by the government, including for-profit and non-profit hospitals. Funding is by patients themselves ("self-pay"), by insurers, or by foreign embassies. Private hospitals are commonly part, albeit in var ...

, the Mater Misericordiae Hospital is located in the south of suburb on Fulham Road. At the southern end of the suburb is the Anderson Park, an

arboretum An arboretum (: arboreta) is a botanical collection composed exclusively of trees and shrubs of a variety of species. Originally mostly created as a section in a larger garden or park for specimens of mostly non-local species, many modern arbor ...

containing particularly fine specimens of

pandanus ''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with about 578 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. Common names include pandan, screw palm and screw pine. The genus is classified ...

.Parks Services – Townsville City Council
Despite its name, as at 2018, Pimlico State High School is on Fulham Road in neighbouring Gulliver, just outside Pimlico's western boundary.

Community groups

The Townsville branch of the

Queensland Country Women's Association The Queensland Country Women's Association (QCWA) is the Queensland chapter of the Country Women's Association in Australia. The association seeks to serve the interests of women and children in rural areas in Australia through a network of loca ...

meets at the CWA Hall at 36 Latchford Street, Pimlico. The Rosslea branch of the

also meet there.

References

External links

* {{Suburbs of Townsville Suburbs of Townsville