Woodhill is a rural

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in the

City of Logan The City of Logan is a local government in Australia, local government area (LGA) located in the south of Greater Brisbane in South East Queensland (SEQ), Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast ...

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, Australia. In the , Woodhill had a population of 1,231 people.

Geography

The ''

Logan River The Logan River (Yugambeh dialect, Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river in the Scenic Rim Region, Scenic Rim, City of Logan, Logan and City of Gold Coast, Gold Coast local government areas of the South East Queensland, South East region ...

'' forms the western boundary. The

Mount Lindesay Highway Mount Lindesay Highway is an Australian national highway located in Queensland. The highway runs southwest from Brisbane, where it leaves Ipswich Road in the suburb of Moorooka (as Beaudesert Road to the Logan Motorway), to the Queensland &nd ...

enters the locality from the north-east ( Cedar Grove / Cedar Vale) and exits to the south ( Veresdale).

History

Woodhill evolved from the Townsvale plantation, which was established in 1862; Woodhill was the property name of the Ferguson Family. David and Jane Ferguson donated land for the cemetery, when their 11-year-old son George died after falling from a horse on 13 March 1873. The Woodhill Cemetery was gazetted on 26 April 1879, although it was called the Veresdale Cemetery at the time. Townsvale National School opened on 2 June 1873. On 1 January 1874 it became Veresdale State School. In 1899 it was renamed Woodhill State School. Woodhill railway station () was on the disused

Beaudesert railway line The Beaudesert railway line (also known as the Upper Logan railway line) is a disused branch railway in South East Queensland, Australia. The first section opened in 1885 between Bethania and Logan Village, the line completed in 1888 with the ex ...

from Bethania to Beaudesert. The line opened on 16 May 1888. The suburb was officially named and bounded on 24 April 1997. Formerly in the

Shire of Beaudesert The Shire of Beaudesert was a local government area located in South East Queensland, Australia, stretching from the New South Wales border, along the Gold Coast hinterland to the urban fringes of the cities of Brisbane and Ipswich. The Shire ...

, Woodhill became part of

Logan City The City of Logan is a local government area (LGA) located in the south of Greater Brisbane in South East Queensland (SEQ), Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City of Lo ...

following the local government amalgamations in March 2008.

Demographics

In the , Woodhill had a population of 423 people, 47.8% female and 52.2% male. The median age of the Woodhill population was 39 years, 2 years above the national median of 37. 84.6% of people living in Woodhill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.5%, Belgium 0.7%, Malta 0.7% and the Netherlands 0.7%. 95.0% of people spoke only English at home; the only other response for language spoken at home was 0.9% Dutch. In the , Woodhill had a population of 723 people, 48.8% female and 51.2% male. The median age of the Woodhill population was 33 years, 5 years below the national median of 38. 77.2% of people living in Woodhill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.4%, New Zealand 4.2%, Scotland 0.6%, Thailand 0.6% and Samoa 0.4%. 91.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.8% Spanish, 0.4% German, 0.4% Japanese and 0.4% Samoan. In the , Woodhill had a population of 1,231 people, 48.9% female and 51.1% male. The median age of the Woodhill population was 31 years, 7 years below the national median of 38. 81.2% of people living in Woodhill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 6.2%, England 4.1%, South Africa 0.5%, Zimbabwe 0.5%, and Samoa 0.4%. 91.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% Spanish, 0.6% Afrikaans, 0.5% German, 0.4% Greek, and 0.4% Hungarian.

Education

Woodhill State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 6027 Mount Lindesay Highway (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 211 students with 16 teachers (14 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent). There are no secondary schools in Woodhill. The nearest government secondary schools are Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert to the south-east and Flagstone State Community College in

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to the north.

References

{{Authority control Suburbs of Logan City Localities in Queensland Populated places established in 1997 1997 establishments in Australia