Sunnybank Hills
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Sunnybank Hills Brisbane, Queensland |
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| Population | 18,085 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,826/km2 (7,320/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4109 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) |
City of Brisbane (Runcorn Ward) |
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| State electorate(s) | Stretton | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Moreton | ||||||||||||||
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Sunnybank Hills is an outer southern suburb of Brisbane about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Brisbane CBD, in Queensland, Australia. It is a large suburb, and adjoins the suburbs of Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Sunnybank, MacGregor, Algester, Acacia Ridge and Runcorn.
Sunnybank Hills was originally part of a much larger area known as Coopers Plains. In 1885, the railway line was extended from Yeerongpilly, and names had to be given to the railway stations built along the line. One of the stations was named after a local farm, Sunny Brae, when 2 acres (8,100 m2) of land were taken over for the railway. Brae is the Scottish word for the English word bank, so the area was given boundaries and named Sunnybank. The area of Sunnybank Hills was officially defined in 1971, although it had been unofficially called this for many years.
The Sunnybank Hills Public Library opened in 1987 with a major refurbishment in 2009.
Sunnybank Hills has numerous ridges and hills, with lower wetter areas in the north and east. These form the marshes near Sunnybank and Runcorn railway stations.[1] There are many parks and greenspaces in the area. The soil is fertile and watered by numerous small creeks, including a large one that flows north–south across the suburb, and the suburb borders on the small wildfowl habitat and wetlands of neighbouring Calamvale Creek.
In the 2011 census, Sunnybank Hills recorded a population of 16,830 people: 50.4% female and 49.6% male.
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