Stretton is a southern
suburb
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in the
City of Brisbane
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,
Queensland
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, Australia.
In the , Stretton had a population of 4,686 people.
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Geography
Stretton is from the Brisbane Central Business District, and borders the suburbs of Calamvale, Sunnybank Hills, Karawatha, Kuraby, and Drewvale.
The northern part of Stretton includes several hills, but the land flattens out towards the south. The southern part has more vegetation, as it joins Karawatha Forest
Karawatha Forest or Karawatha nature reserve is approximately 900 hectares of bushland in the Brisbane suburbs of Karawatha, Queensland, Karawatha and Stretton, Queensland, Stretton, Australia. It is one of the largest areas of remnant bushland ...
to the south-east and the Calamvale Creek wetlands on the south-west.
History
In the early 19th century, the area and many of today's suburbs around the Sunnybank area were part of a vast area known as Coopers Plains. In 1861, Governor Bowen declared a wide area that included Eight Mile Plains to Stretton as a Brisbane Agricultural Reserve. This agricultural reserve was originally used as a source of timber, but when it was found to be good farming land, settlers quickly turned it into farms that produced sought-after fruit, vegetables, and poultry.
A military map from 1922 shows only four houses in the area that is now Stretton.
Stretton was gazetted as a suburb of Brisbane in 1972, and was named after George Stretton, a settler, postmaster and hotelier at Browns Plains in the 1870s.
In 1989, there was controversy regarding the sale of land to Asian investors.
Stretton State College opened on 1 January 2006.
Demographics
In the , Stretton had a population of 4,067 people, 51.5% female and 48.5% male. The median age was 36 years, 1 year below the Australian median. 41.6% were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%. The next most common countries of birth were China 7.1%, Taiwan 7%, New Zealand 4.1%, Hong Kong 4% and India 3.1%. 41.4% of people spoke only English at home. The next most popular languages were 16.2% Mandarin, 11.3% Cantonese, 3.3% Vietnamese, 2.9% Hindi and 2.4% Korean. The weekly median household income
The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways of und ...
in Stretton was $1,843, compared to the national median of $1,234. This difference is also reflected in real estate, with the median mortgage payment being $2,400 per month, compared to the national median of $1,800.
In the , Stretton had a population of 4,334.
In the , Stretton had a population of 4,686 people.
Education
Stretton State College is a government primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 226 Illaweena Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 2,590 students with 196 teachers (180 full-time equivalent) and 101 non-teaching staff (71 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education
Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual di ...
program.
Facilities
Stretton is home to Hope Christian Assembly, a multicultural Pentecostal Church affiliated with Australian Christian Churches which holds services at Stretton State College.
In addition to small local shops, Calamvale Village on Kameruka Street and Sunnybank Hills Shopping Town on Compton Road provide basic shopping. Westfield Garden City Westfield Garden City may refer to two shopping centres in Australia that were renamed:
* Westfield Booragoon, Perth
* Westfield Mt Gravatt, Brisbane
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Geography
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is a larger shopping centre nearby.
References
External links
University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Stretton
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