Chapel Hill, Queensland

Chapel Hill Brisbane, Queensland
Primitve Methodist chapel built in 1875
Chapel Hill
Coordinates	27°29′58″S 152°56′58″E / 27.49944°S 152.94944°E / -27.49944; 152.94944Coordinates: 27°29′58″S 152°56′58″E / 27.49944°S 152.94944°E / -27.49944; 152.94944
Population	10,168 (2011 census)
• Density	1,883/km2 (4,880/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4069
Area	5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane (Pullenvale Ward,Walter Taylor Ward)
State electorate(s)	Moggill
Federal Division(s)	Ryan
Suburbs around Chapel Hill: Mount Coot-tha Mount Coot-tha Mount Coot-tha Kenmore Hills Chapel Hill Indooroopilly Kenmore Fig Tree Pocket Indooroopilly

Chapel Hill is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia which is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the Brisbane CBD. It is primarily a residential suburb, consisting of mostly detached housing and is a leafy affluent area backing on to the Mt Coot-tha reserve and walking tracks. There has been a trend towards small lot developments during the last decade. Chapel Hill is currently undergoing a 'major suburban renovation', with many of the original houses (built in the 1970s to 1990s) being renovated and updated with a few being demolished to make way for newer houses, or lot divisions. Many of the original houses are architecturally distinctive designs from the late 1960s/early 1970s and typical of the Chapel Hill and Kenmore area. Currently, there are no apartment buildings in Chapel Hill. Despite it being a short commute to the Brisbane CBD, Chapel Hill is green suburb full of old eucalypts and native plants and is set on hilly bushland terrain that leads to Mount Coot-tha which is a protected reserve.

In the 2011 census, Chapel Hill recorded a population of 10,168 people, 51.3% female and 48.7% male.

The median age of the Chapel Hill population was 40 years of age, 3 years above the Australian median.

65.5% of people living in Chapel Hill were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, South Africa 3.4%, New Zealand 2.7%, Malaysia 1.3%, China 1.2%. 82.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 2.5% Mandarin, 1.5% Cantonese, 1% Spanish, 0.7% French, 0.6% Afrikaans.

Chapel Hill is one of the affluent western suburbs of Brisbane with a median house price of close to $700,000 and a median income over double the Brisbane equivalent. Many of its residents are professionals and academics who commute to work outside of the suburb.

Moggill Road is the major road through Chapel Hill connecting it to the suburbs of Indooroopilly to the east, and Kenmore to the west. The Western Freeway allows quick access to the suburb from around Brisbane and with the opening of the Legacy Way tunnel, the traffic flow is significantly better at peak times and the commute to the airport takes approx 25 mins. There are also the four bus routes, the 425, the 426, the 427 and the 428 that service a large portion of Chapel Hill. The 425 travels to Indooroopilly shopping centre and Toowong Village, continuing into the Brisbane CBD. The 426 is an express bus that services only Chapel Hill, and then travels direct to the CBD via the Western Freeway (M5), Legacy Way Tunnel, and onto the Inner Northern Busway. The morning P426 commute is less than 25 minutes from Chapel Hill to the CBD, even in peak hour, due to this routing.