In 1858 the land of Hemmant area was sold for fruit, vegetable growing and farming in general. Early 1860s sugar cane was farmed and mills were built to process the cane. Gibsons Clydesdale mill was well known as was a co-operative mill at Murarrie in 1872. Bulimba State School opened on 8 May 1864, but was renamed Doughboy State School in 1869. in 1876 it was renamed Hemmant State School. The school closed in 2010. The buildings were then reused to establish Hemmant Flexible Learning Centre.. Tingalpa Cemetery had its first burial in 1875. In 1913 it was renamed Hemmant Cemetery. Lawn cemeteries were added from 1952. In 2001 a crematorium opened at the cemetery. Despite the name change, as at 2020, it is within the boundaries of Tingalpa and not Hemmant. Part of Hemmant was originally known as "Doughboy Creek" The whole district had been named after William Hemmant a local parliamentarian in 1876. He was treasurer in the Macalister government and between 1873 and 1876 represented the Bulimba electorate. In 1889 Queensport Aquarium opened in Hemmant. It had a zoo, an aquarium and dance halls and other entertainments. Visitors arrived by riverboats until the 1893 flood during which the animals were rescued but the attractions were damaged closed down. It had closed by the late 1890s, but a dance hall contined to operate until 1901. St Joseph the WorkerCatholic Church opened on 25 September 1955. St Philip's Anglican Church was dedicated on 3 May 1964 by Coadjutor Bishop Hudson. It closed circa 1975. In 1988 an old quarry site became the Hemmant Quarry Reserve, next to the Hemmant Cemetery.
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Demographics
In the, Hemmant recorded a population of 2,594 people, 50.4% female and 49.6% male. The median age of the Hemmant population was 34 years of age, 3 years below the Australian median. 74.9% of people living in Hemmant were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.2%, England 3.3%, Philippines 1.6%, Fiji 0.8%, China 0.5%. 88.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.8% Cantonese, 0.8% Hindi, 0.5% Tagalog, 0.5% Filipino, 0.5% Vietnamese.
Hemmant Flexible Learning Centre is a Catholic secondary school for boys and girls at 56 Hemmant-Tingalpa Road. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 97 students with 10 teachers and 12 non-teaching staff. There are no government schools in Hemmant. The nearest government primary schools are in Murarrie, Tingalpa, Wynnum, and Wynnum West. The nearest government secondary school is Brisbane Bayside State College in Wynnum West.
Amenities
St Joseph the Worker Church is a Roman Catholic churchon the corner of Youngs Road and Peplow Street where mass is celebrated every Sunday. The Hemmant Quarry Reserve is and has walking tracks and picnic facilities.
