Ellen Grove, Queensland

Ellen Grove is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia and is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-west of the Brisbane CBD.

Ellen Grove was subdivided for housing around 1959, with the name of the suburb gazetted in 1962 due to lobbying from the Ellen Grove Progress Association.^[2] The subdivision were between two and four acres in area with no services provided. In 2009, the suburb was extended both to the north and south, increasing the population significantly from 351 to 5,209 people.^[2] At the 2011 Australian Census the population was recorded as 2,529.^[1]

The owner of the original land was R.P. Spinks who had a daughter named Ellen Dabing. She often played with local aboriginals in a grove of trees along Bullockhead Creek.^[2] The area became known as Ellen's Grove.

The southern boundary of the suburb is partially marked by the Logan Motorway. The Centenary Highway passes through the suburb from north to south. The Richlands and Inala reservoirs were built in the suburb to increase water pressure for residents in the surrounding suburbs.

Demographics

In the 2011 Census the population of Ellen Grove is 2,529, 51% female and 49% male.

The median/average age of the Ellen Grove population is 28 years of age, 9 years below the Australian average.

55.9% of people living in Ellen Grove were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, Vietnam 5.4%, Samoa 2.9%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.2%.

59.3% of people speak English as their first language 9.8% Vietnamese, 5.3% Samoan, 1% Kirundi (Rundi), 1% Mandarin, 0.9% Arabic.

References

External links

Media related to Ellen Grove, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 27°37′S 152°57′E / 27.617°S 152.950°E / -27.617; 152.950