Middle Park, Queensland
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[edit] Middle Park
Middle Park is a predominantly residential suburb located 14 km south-west of the CBD of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Many properties on Sumner Road have an address in Middle Park but are not themselves actually in Middle Park and are disregarded in this article.
[edit] Geography
Middle Park is one of the six "Centenary Suburbs" into which Jindalee was split in 1970. The land was developed by LJ Hooker Real Estate who released Middle Park for development in July 1976, the last of the 6 suburbs to be developed.
Its neighbouring suburb to the north is Mount Ommaney, to the west is Westlake, to the south is Riverhills and Sumner, to the east is Jamboree Heights.
It is bounded to the north by the McLeod Country Golf Club, to the West by Baronga Street and Horizon Drive, Lalina Street and Macfarlane Street, to the south by Sumners Road and to the east by Estate Road and Beanland Street.
Middle Park is 1.5 square kilometres in area, which is .000019% of the area of Australia.
In the UBD Refidex Street Directory, look in the middle of page 197. All geographical cross-references in this article refer to that page and the same grid appears on the map alongside.
The centre point of the suburb (the shopping centre) is at Latitude -27.555 Longitude 152.922.
The Postcode of Middle Park is 4074.
[edit] Online maps
Middle Park maps and images:
Australian Registry of Tourism and Accommodation
[edit] Links
Brisbane City Council (ourBrisbane) summary for Middle Park
answers.com entry for Middle Park (mostly just a copy of this page)
www.localguide.com.au entry for Middle Park
www.domain.com.au Real estate in Middle Park
www.realestate.com.au Real estate in Middle Park
[edit] Streets
There are 63 designated roads in or adjoining Middle Park amounting to 20 km. They appear to have been laid out in a reasonably uniform manner but to have been named according to a number of different themes. 13 appear to be Aboriginal words; 14 are places in Scotland; 16 are references to trees. Some of these classifications overlap.
Apanie Street B8-C9 (Aboriginal - Water)
Assynt Street E7-F7 (Placename in NW Scotland)
Bambra Street F11 (Aboriginal (Bambara) - forest)
Baronga Street B8-C8 (Aboriginal - large water hole)
Barup Close G10-11 (Aboriginal - dew, drops of water)
Beanland Street H8-9 (English surname)
Bilga Street H8 (Aboriginal - bees' nest)
Bilkurra Street G10-11-12 (Aboriginal - narrow-leaved box tree)
Bruan Close E7-F7 (Placename in NW Scotland)
Burwick Close D9 (Placename in NW Scotland)
Camelot Crescent E11-F11 (Mythical home of King Arthur)
Cara Close D8 (Placename in Scotland)
Colonsay Street G9-F9-8-7-G8 (Placename in NW Scotland)
Cooba Street F10 (Species of Acacia tree)
Croton Close G10-H10 (All sorts of things including a tree)
Dewsbury Street C9-8-D8-E8 (Placename in England)
Eriboll Close G7 (Placename in NW Scotland)
Estate Road H10-11-12
Eumong Street F10 (Species of Acacia tree)
Eurabbie Street F10-G10 (Species of Eucalyptus tree)
Fern Close E11 (Tree reference?)
Fyne Street F8 (Placename in NW Scotland)
Gertrude McLeod Crescent E8-7-F7-G8-9 (Queensland golfer)
Horizon Drive D7-E8-F9-G9-H9
Innes Place D8 (Placename in NW Scotland)
Jura Street F7 (Placename in Scotland)
Kaleena Street E9 (Aboriginal - daughter)
Kellan Place C8 (Placename in Scotland)
Koreli Place D10 (Turkish name?)
Kosciusko Street F8 (Polish / Lithuanian hero; Mount Kosciuszko, highest peak in Australia)
Lalina Street C10-D10 (Aboriginal - yonder)
Leaf Close E11 (Tree reference)
Macfarlane Street C10-11 (Scottish name)
Malu Street G10 (?)
Maurer Street F8 (German name?)
Meadow Place E8
Miljee Close F10 (Species of Acacia tree)
Nabilla Place C10-D10 (Aboriginal - water)
Narona Street D10-E10 (Roman city in Croatia)
Narrung Street G10-11 (Aboriginal - Place of sheoaks (trees) or lizard)
Naver Street G8 (Placename in Scotland)
Ord Close D8 (Placename in Scotland)
Pallert Street F12-E11-10-F10-11 (Place in Holland)
Parkwood Place E11-F11 (Tree reference)
Peach Place C8 (Tree reference)
Port Street G12-H12
Raeside Street B8 (English surname)
Riverhills Road B9-C9-D9-E9-F9
Saxby Close C9 (English surname)
Scarba Street G7-8 (Placename in Scotland)
Serle Street D10-11 (Place in Italy)
Sheoak Street F10 (Species of tree)
Stawell Place E9 (Famous placename in England and Victoria, Surname in Scotland?)
Sumners Road C12-D12-E12-F12-G12 (English placename and surname)
Takora Street D8-9 (Aboriginal - fetch or bring)
Tanglewood Street G11-F10-G9-H10 (Tree reference)
Tilia Street F11 (Genus including Lime Tree)
Tobin Street C10 (English surname)
Tyabb Close F10 (Place in Victoria)
Warenda Close D9 (Place in Queensland; Polish surname)
Wirilda Street D9 (Aboriginal (Warilda) - Baby; Species of Acacia tree))
Wyambi Place E10 (Tasmanian placename)
Yew Street G11-H11 (Species of tree)
There are 13 Closes, 2 Crescents, 1 Drive, 9 Places, 3 Roads and 35 Streets.
The Closes and Places (and none of the others) are all culs-de-sac; the Crescents are all crescent-shaped; the Drive and 2 out of the 3 Roads are main thoroughfares used to get in and out of the suburb. Presumably the other, Estate Road, was named such for euphony.
Pallert Street F12 and Colonsay Street G9 loop round and meet themselves so that the T-junction has three streets with the same name!
There is a reasonable correlation between the length of each road and the length of its name!
[edit] Representation
The people of Middle Park are represented by the following:
In the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia by Michael Andrew Jackson, the Liberal Party Member for the electorate of Ryan.
In the Queensland Parliament by Julie Attwood, the Labor Party Member for Mount Ommaney Contact Details.
On Brisbane City Council by Councillor Felicity Farmer, the Labor Party Member for Jamboree Ward.
[edit] Schools
There are two schools in Middle Park:
Middle Park State School D11 is run by the Queensland Government.
Good News Lutheran School H9 is an independent primary school affiliated with the Lutheran Church of Australia. It incorporates Centenary Christian Kindergarten and Pre-School.
[edit] Reserves
There are 8 areas of public reserve land in Middle Park.
Beanland Street Reserve H8 1.07 hectare of grassland and mature trees.
Camelot Crescent Playground F10 playground equipment under mature eucalypts.
Macfarlane Street Playground D11 .5 hectare - has a barbecue and picnic table.
Miljee Street Playground F10 .13 hectare
Peter Lightfoot Oval (Horizon Drive Park) E7 3.7 hectare - hosts St Catherines United Soccer Club, Toddler Sports, netball, basketball.
Richlands Park G8 3.62 hectares of grassland and eucalypt forest with a small marshy watercourse, a scout den and a sign saying that 16,000 scouts from 18 countries camped there in 1968.
Tyabb Close Playground G10 .11 hectare
Wirilda Street Playground D9 .4 hectare - has some modest play apparatus on a softfall surface under mature Eucalypt forest.
There is no substantial wetland in Middle Park, and the only substantial forested area is in Richlands Park.
[edit] Wildlife
Because of the dearth of suitable habitat, most of the recorded species of wildlife in Middle Park are (sub)urban birds scavenging in gardens, or seen flying past.
Here is an incomplete bird list:
Channel-Billed Cuckoo
Magpie-lark (Pee Wee)
Pheasant Coucal
[edit] Public transport
Middle Park is well served by public transport including Bus Routes 450, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459.
Here are the timetables.
Route 452 meets trains at Darra railway station; the remainder go to the City.
There are 14 bus stops in Middle Park, shown on the map above; for detailed information take a look at QROTI
[edit] Places of Worship
There are 4 churches in Middle Park:
Centenary Baptist Church F9
St Catherine's Anglican Ministry D10
[edit] Demography
The following from the Australian Bureau of Statistics being information collected at different times during 2001, 2002 and 2003. Figures in <Brackets> are for all of Australia:
4,338 people live in Middle Park, a population density of 2,888 per km².
22.2% <20.0%> were aged 0-14, 42.8% <43.3%> aged 15-44, 27.7% <23.8%> aged 45-64 and 7.4% <12.8%> aged 65+. It looks like Middle Park is a place to bring up a family.
In 2004 56 children were born, a crude birth rate of 12.9 <12.5> per thousand, and 8 people died - 2.5 <6.7> per thousand.
2,037 residents (47% <38%>) worked for an average wages and salary income of $39,936 <$37,729>.
52.3% <50.6%> are female.
Of those aged 15 or greater, 60.5% are married, 11% separated, divorced or widowed, 28.5% never married.
The Brisbane News is delivered to 1,365 households in Middle Park, which is presumably all of them, giving 3.17 residents per household.
The 2001 census however states that there were 1,204 families in Middle Park, 58.5% coupleS with children, 27.9% couples without children, 12.6% single with children. This presumably excludes the 10.8% single person households and 1.7% group households.
[edit] Origins
88.1% <88.2%> are Australian citizens
33.6% <21.9%> were born overseas - 5.3% <4,5%> in England, 3.8% <1.9%> in New Zealand, 2.8% <0.8%> in Viet Nam, 1.9% <0.1% in Taiwan, 1.8% <0.3%> in Sri Lanka.
76.7% speak only English at home; 7.6% also speak a Chinese language; 3.8% Vietnamese; no other languages exceed 2%.
[edit] Education
1% attend pre-school; 11.5% primary school; 9.3% secondary; 2.9% technical or further education; 7.5% tertiary.
[edit] Socio-economics
80 residents (3% <6.2%>) were unemployed.
550 (13% <23%>) received some sort of government income support including a pension.
The suburb stands at decile 9 of the Socio-Economic Index.
12 (0.3% <2.2%>) of the people of Middle Park are indigenous.
[edit] Housing
Most housing was constructed between 1980 and 1990 in the style of that era, which many would suggest is rather inappropriate for the climate of Brisbane.
All but 73 of the houses in Middle Park are stand-alone, with townhouses accounting for most of the remainder. Townhouses are commonly two-storey buildings on a small plot of land in a gated community.
The typical Middle Park house is 220m2 in area on a block of land of 600m2. It has a large open-plan living area, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms (one ensuite) and a double garage. It is single-storey "brick and tile", built on a concrete slab, with a brick outer skin and plasterboard inner skin on wooden framing, and a tile roof on wooden framing. It has a pool in the back yard.
According to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, the median house price during 2005 was AUD372,500, and the median weekly rent paid for a 3-bedroom house in the December 2005 quarter was AUD260.
In 2001 78% of homes were owner-occupied, 19% were rented.
[edit] Retail
Middle Park is well situated to reach Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre (1.5 km) and Indooroopilly Shopping Centre (7.5 km) but in the heart of the suburb at the corner of Riverhills Road and Horizon Drive F9 is Park Village Shopping Centre.
The following businesses etc are to be found there:
ABC Learning Centre child care centre
Be Beautiful beauty salon
Centenary Veterinary Surgery
Civic Video video hire
The office of Julie Attwood MP
Lowthian Heathcote Realty real estate agent Current Listings
Middle Park Bakery is a bakery and coffee shop inside the shopping centre.
Middle Park Cellars grog shop
Middle Park Deli delicatessen
Middle Park Takeaway is a fast food takeaway outside the shopping centre.
newsXpress Middle Park newsagency
Peter Kolb Pharmacy
Red Rooster is a fast food takeaway serving roast chicken-based meals outside the shopping centre throughout the day.
Samarco II Café Brasserie is a cafe/restaurant serving Mediterranean food outside the shopping centre throughout the day. Here is the www.yourrestaurants.com.au review with more information and here is Mietta's review. They serve very good Grinders coffee
Westside Lawyers
A Barber
A Ladies' Hairdresser
A Florist
A Dentist
[edit] Newspapers
The Australian is Australia's only national newspaper. It is a paid newsprint broadsheet.
The Courier-Mail is a paid tabloid newsprint newspaper delivered daily covering Brisbane. On Sundays it is known as the Sunday Mail
The Queensland Times is a daily tabloid newsprint paid newspaper which includes Middle Park and some SouthWest Brisbane suburbs in its delivery area which otherwise is largely provincial Queensland.
The following free newspapers are delivered to houses in Middle Park:
The Brisbane News is a high-production-value magazine-style glossy with lots of fashion, lifestyle and food editorial, distributed across the inner suburbs of Brisbane.
The South-West News is a tabloid newsprint freesheet delivered weekly with local material covering South-West Brisbane.
The Satellite is a tabloid newsprint freesheet delivered weekly with local material covering Ipswich City to the west of Brisbane as well as some SouthWest Brisbane suburbs.
[edit] Weather
The Marburg Weather Radar shows rainfall intensity in real time. Middle Park is half way between Ipswich and Archerfield just to the east of the centre of the image.
The Bureau of Meteorology website shows the current weather forecast.
WeatherZone hasa recent satellite view showing the whole of Queensland; Brisbane is at the South East corner.
[edit] Community Groups
Centenary and District Environmental Action is a "community-based organisation concerned with public parks and open space in the Centenary suburbs."
Centenary Family Day Care is a "home based childcare service providing monitored care within a family environment in the approved homes of registered carers."
Centenary Community Connections is a "non-profit community group to support all members of the Centenary Suburbs community".
