Willawong is an outer southern

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 ...

in the

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, Australia. In the , Willawong had a population of 145 people.

Geography

Willawong is by road south of the

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. The suburb's boundary is mostly defined by the course of the two creeks,

Oxley Creek The Oxley Creek ( Yagara: ''Benarrawa'') is a creek that is a tributary of the Brisbane River, located in suburban Brisbane in the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Rising in the hills in Undullah in Logan City, water from the lar ...

and Blunder Creek. The

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is aligned along the eastern edge of the suburb.

History

The suburb of Willawong was officially created and named by the Queensland Places Names Board in 1970. ''Willawong'' is an Aboriginal word meaning ''the junction of two creeks''. During the

1974 Brisbane flood In January 1974 a flood occurred in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia after three weeks of continual rain. The Brisbane River, which runs through the heart of the city, broke its banks and flooded the surrounding areas. The cyclone that produced t ...

, most of the suburb was inundated. In 1983, local residents in Willawong and nearby suburbs began a campaign to stop

sand mining Sand mining is the extraction of sand, mainly through an open pit (or sand pit) but sometimes mined from beaches and inland dunes or dredged from ocean and river beds. Sand is often used in manufacturing, for example as an abrasive or in conc ...

in the area. Willawong once contained a toxic waste dump, which was closed in 1998.

Demographics

In the , Willawong had a population of 192 people, 45.8% female and 54.2% male. The median age of the Willawong population was 40 years, 3 years above the Australian median. 59.8% of people living in Willawong were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were Taiwan 9.3%, Vietnam 5.2%, England 4.6%, Indonesia 2.6%, New Zealand 2.6%. 62.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 11.8% Vietnamese, 7.7% Mandarin, 1.5% Urdu, 1.5% Dutch, 1.5% Greek. In the , Willawong had a population of 177 people. In the , Willawong had a population of 145 people.

Education

There are no schools in Willawong. The nearest primary schools are Acacia Ridge State School and Watson Road State School, both in neighbouring

Acacia Ridge Acacia Ridge is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Acacia Ridge had a population of 7,486 people. Geography Acacia Ridge is south of the central business district. It is within the local government are ...

to the east, Durack State School in neighbouring Durack to the west, and Inala State School in Inala to the west. The nearest secondary schools are

Glenala State High School Glenala State High School is a public, co-educational, high school, located on Glenala Road in Durack, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on the border with Inala. It is administered by the Department of Education, with an enrolment of 1,053 stud ...

in Inala to the west and Calamvale Community College in Calamvale to the east.

Facilities

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operates a resource recovery centre at 360 Sherbrooke Road (). Residents can dispose of general waste, garden waste, and recyclables this centre. There is a

Transport for Brisbane Transport for Brisbane, previously called Brisbane Transport'','' is an organisational division of the Brisbane City Council, responsible through its related Council Committee for providing policy and advice to Brisbane City Council, and for de ...

bus depot at 399 Sherbrooke Road. The site is Brisbane's largest bus depot and can accommodate over 200 buses with facilities for refueling, vehicle maintenance, administration, and staff facilitities for car parking and recreation.

Amenities

The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses is at 174 Learoyd Road (). Congregational Christian Church of Samoa is at 228 Learoyd Road (). It is also known as EFKS Southwest Brisbane, where EFKS is an abbreviation of ''Ekalesia Fa'apotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa'', which translates as Congregational Christian Church of Samoa. Over the entrance door are the Samoan words ''Puna O Le Olataga'' which translate as ''Source of Salvation''. Despite its name, the Archerfield Wetlands is a greenspace precinct within the suburbs of Durack, Willawong,

Rocklea Rocklea is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Rocklea had a population of 1,672 people. Low-lying parts of the suburb are flood prone. Geography Rocklea is located 9 kilometres south of the city. The ...

, and Oxley in the

corridor. It borders the

Archerfield Airport Archerfield Airport is a leased federal airport located in Archerfield, Queensland, Archerfield, to the south of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. For some time, it was the primary airport in Brisbane, but it is now the secondary airport. During ...

. The main entry point to the wetlands is via the Archerfield Wetlands District Park at 455 Bowhill Road, Durack. The district park replaces the former Inala wastewater treatment plant and has a number of indoor and outdoor community spaces, playgrounds with water features, and picnic and barbeque facilities. It is also the start of a number of walking and cycling trails through the larger wetlands.

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* {{Suburbs of Brisbane City Council Suburbs of the City of Brisbane Populated places established in 1970