Redwood is a rural locality on the outskirts of

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Redwood had a population of 159 people.

Geography

Redwood is located east of the Toowoomba city centre. Half of the suburb's area consists of the bushland Redwood Park, after which the suburb was named in 1981; the rest, to the south of the highway, is mostly crown land. The residents of Redwood live along the suburb's western boundary with

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along the ridge line of the

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at approximately above sea level, while the rest of locality descends to the east to approximately at the locality's eastern boundary with Withcott. The

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which connects

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to Toowoomba and towns west of Toowoomba passes through Redwood using the Old Tollbar Road and the Toowoomba Connection Road. This was the major road access over the Great Dividing Range to/from Toowoomba until September 2019 when the Toowoomba Bypass Road (informally known as the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing) opened to the north-east of Toowoomba.

Demographics

In 2006, the locality had a SEIFA score of 1171, placing it ahead of all other localities in the district. In the , Redwood had a population of 17 people. In the , Redwood had a population of 170 people. In the , Redwood had a population of 159 people.

Heritage listings

The locality is home to the heritage-listed Glen Alpine villa at 32-36 East Street.

Education

There are no schools in Redwood. The nearest government schools are Withcott State School in neighbouring Withcott to the east, Toowoomba East State School in neighbouring

to the west, and Rangeville State School in neighbouring Rangeville to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Centenary Heights State High School in Centenary Heights to the south-west and Toowoomba State High School in neighbouring

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to the north-west.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Suburbs of Toowoomba Localities in Queensland