Algester, Queensland

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For the state electorate, see Electoral district of Algester.

Algester
Brisbane, Queensland

Population:

7,368 (2006 census)

Postcode:

4115

Location:

18 km (11 mi) from Brisbane GPO

LGA:

City of Brisbane

State District:

Algester

Federal Division:

Moreton, Oxley

Suburbs around Algester:
Acacia Ridge	Acacia Ridge	Sunnybank Hills
Willawong	Algester	Calamvale
Parkinson	Parkinson	Larapinta

Algester ( 27°36′41″S, 153°02′01″E) is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is 18 km south-west of the central business district.

Algester was heavily developed after the Second World War and has also seen considerable recent development. It forms part of the Brisbane Agricultural Reserve, which once covered a large area of southern Brisbane.

The suburb's name is a corruption of "Alcester" Road. Briefly, in the 1970s it was named Ridgewood after the Ridgewood Heights estate, but became known officially as Algester in 1972.

Its population was estimated in the 2006 census at 7,368.