Gordon Park, Queensland
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Gordon Park Brisbane, Queensland |
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| Population | 4,015 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1880s | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4031 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 6 km (4 mi) from Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) |
City of Brisbane (Marchant Ward) |
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| State electorate(s) | Stafford | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Brisbane | ||||||||||||
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Gordon Park is a small residential area in the middle of Brisbane's northern suburbs and the smallest suburb within Brisbane City Council. Without any major shopping centres or business, it seems like a small town instead of being close to the centre of a major city.
Gordon Park is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Brisbane's CBD. Over 37% of households in this area consist of couples with children, 40% are couples without children and 18% are single parent families. Stand alone house account for 65% of all dwellings in this area, and units account for a further 28%. Highset Queenslanders, many beautifully renovated, are a feature of this green and leafy suburb. The median house price in Gordon Park for the 2011 calendar year was $607,000.
Gordon Park shares an Australia Post postcode of 4031 with neighbouring suburb Kedron.
In the 2011 census, Gordon Park recorded a population of 4,015 people, 50.7% female and 49.3% male.
The median age of the Gordon Park population was 33 years of age, 4 years below the Australian median.
75.7% of people living in Gordon Park were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.2%, England 2.6%, India 2.2%, Italy 1.1%, China 0.8%.
84.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 1.8% Italian, 0.8% Mandarin, 0.7% Cantonese, 0.7% Spanish, 0.5% Punjabi.
The Turrbal clan occupied the northern side of the Brisbane River. This clan was often referred to by the "whites" as the "Duke of York's" clan. There were camping grounds around the Breakfast Creek area and the explorers John Oxley and Allan Cunningham met members of the clan at the mouth of the Creek in 1824.
The main encampment of the Turrbal clan was in "Yorks Hollow". This gully passes through Victoria Park and the Royal National Association Showgrounds at Bowen Hills. In 1858 two Aborigines, Dalinkua and Dalpie from the Breakfast Creek area, wrote letters to The Moreton Bay Courier protesting about the treatment their people received at the hands of the white settlers.
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