Eight Mile Plains, Queensland

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Eight Mile Plains
Brisbane, Queensland

Population:

10,894 (2001 census)

Postcode:

4113

Area:

7.7 km²

Location:

13 km from Brisbane

LGA:

Brisbane City Council

State District:

Stretton, Springwood, Mt Gravatt

Federal Division:

Bonner, Rankin, Moreton

Suburbs around Eight Mile Plains
Macgregor	Wishart	Rochedale
Sunnybank	Eight Mile Plains	Rochedale
Sunnybank	Runcorn	Underwood

Eight Mile Plains is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located some 13 kilometres from the Brisbane central business district.

It is accessible by the Pacific and Gateway Motorways and the South-East Busway.

The Brisbane Technology Park is found in Eight Mile Plains and is the home to the Queensland Clunies Ross Centre for Science and Industry.

Eight Mile Plains is surrounded by Runcorn, Kuraby, Rochedale, Underwood, Wishart, Upper Mount Gravatt, Macgregor, and Sunnybank.

It has one primary school located in it and no high school

Originally the suburb extended beyond the Brisbane City boundary along the Pacific Highway (Logan Road) into the northern part of Albert Shire (Now Logan City). In the 1970s, this southern part of Eight Mile Plains, along with parts of Rochedale and Springwood became the new suburb of Underwood.