Kingston, Queensland
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Kingston Logan City, Queensland |
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Marsden library is located in the far south of the suburb
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| Population | 10,184 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4114 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 24 km (15 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Logan City | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Waterford, Woodridge | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Rankin | ||||||||||||
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Kingston is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. Kingston is a predominantly residential suburb, with a low mix of commercial and retail areas. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 10,184. The suburb is bounded in the south by Scrubby Creek, a tributary of the Logan River. It is the home of the Kingston Butter Factory. Kingston was also the site of an environmental disaster similar to Love Canal in Niagara Falls in the United States.
In the 2011 census, Kingston recorded a population of 10,184 people, 49.9% female and 50.1% male. The median age of the Kingston population was 29 years, 8 years below the national median of 37. 60.8% of people living in Kingston were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 9.5%, England 2.5%, Samoa 2.2%, Fiji 1%, Papua New Guinea 0.8%. 70.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.5% Samoan, 1.1% Tongan, 1% Hindi, 0.9% Khmer, 0.9% Arabic.
Kingston railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Beenleigh. The Logan Motorway passes through the south of Kingston but has no entrance or exit points to the suburb.
Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Kingston was once part of the Shire of Tingalpa. Dairying grew in importance in the area from the 1890s and in 1906 a meeting was held in Beenleigh to form a co-operative butter factory locally. The Southern Queensland Co-operative Dairy Company opened its factory in Kingston in June 1907. A piggery was established nearby in 1926 and pigs were fed on the buttermilk from the factory. The Kingston Butter Factory was enlarged in 1932 and operated successfully until after the war, when the dairying industry was being rationalised by the government. Peters bought the factory in 1958 and it ceased production in 1983. It now operates as a community arts centre and houses a theatre, arts and crafts stall and museum. The Kingston Butter Factory is on the Logan City Council Local Heritage Register for its historical, social and technological significance.
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