Wooloowin, Queensland


Wooloowin is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Geography

Wooloowin is an inner-north suburb of Brisbane, Australia located approximately 5–6 km north of the city's central business district.

History

The origin of the suburb's name has been attributed to either the local Indigenous Australian term for a pigeon or the term for a species of fish. It was the home of Brisbane's first Resident Judge, Alfred Lutwyche.
Kalinga was a residential district within Wooloowin. On 16 October 2015, Kalinga was officially gazetted as a suburb, having been excised from Wooloowin.
At the Wooloowin had a population of 5942 people.

Heritage listings

Wooloowin has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Sites now in Kalinga but formerly in Wooloowin:
In the, Wooloowin had a population of 3,938 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Wooloowin population is 33 years, four years below the Queensland median and five years below the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population. 68.9% of people living in Wooloowin were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 71.1%; the next most common countries of birth were India 3.5%, New Zealand 3.2%, Nepal 3.1%, England 2.9%, Italy 1.0%. 77.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were Nepali 3.1%, Italian 1.5%, Punjabi 1.2%, Mandarin 1.0%, Arabic 0.9%.

Transport

The suburb is serviced by Brisbane City Council buses and contains two train stations, Eagle Junction and Wooloowin. Several Queensland government institutions are located in this suburb, including Kedron State High School and the State of Queensland's State Emergency Services headquarters.

Sporting clubs

A number of male and female sporting groups use Shaw Park including Norths Rugby Club Northern Suburbs District Cricket Club and Wilston Norths Junior Cricket Club.