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Pallara is an outer southern
The name ''Pallara'' means ''flat land'' and is derived from a non-local Aboriginal word spelt with only one "l".
The suburb is relatively undeveloped with electricity supply only reaching Pallara in 1961.
Ritchie Road State School opened on 24 August 1959. The name was later changed to Pallara State School.
In 1997, the Pallara Parklands were opened on a remediated dump.
In the , the population of Pallara was 511, 49.3% female and 50.7% male. The median age of the Pallara population was 48 years of age, 10 years above the Australian median. 69.2% of people living in Pallara were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.7%. 69.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.7% and Catholic 20.3%.
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suburb
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in the City of Brisbane
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, Australia. In the , Pallara had a population of 511 people.
Geography
Pallara is by road south of theBrisbane GPO
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History
The name ''Pallara'' means ''flat land'' and is derived from a non-local Aboriginal word spelt with only one "l".
The suburb is relatively undeveloped with electricity supply only reaching Pallara in 1961.
Ritchie Road State School opened on 24 August 1959. The name was later changed to Pallara State School.
In 1997, the Pallara Parklands were opened on a remediated dump.
In the , the population of Pallara was 511, 49.3% female and 50.7% male. The median age of the Pallara population was 48 years of age, 10 years above the Australian median. 69.2% of people living in Pallara were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.7%. 69.3% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 27.7% and Catholic 20.3%.
Education
Pallara State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 39 Ritchie Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 500 students with 30 teachers (29 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Pallara. The nearest government secondary schools are Forest Lake State High School in neighbouring Forest Lake to the west, Glenala State High School in Durack to the north-west, and Calamvale Community College in Calamvale to the east.Amenities
There are a number of parks in the suburb: * Blunder Creek Reserve () * Brookbent Road Park () * Paradise Road Park () * Sweets Road Park ()References
External links
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