Zillmere
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Zillmere Brisbane, Queensland |
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 Zillmere
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| Coordinates | 27°21′30″S 153°03′00″E / 27.35833°S 153.05000°ECoordinates: 27°21′30″S 153°03′00″E / 27.35833°S 153.05000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 8,105 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 2,191/km2 (5,670/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4034 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 14 km (9 mi) from Brisbane | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) |
City of Brisbane (Bracken Ridge Ward;Deagon Ward) |
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| Federal Division(s) | Lilley | ||||||||||||||
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Zillmere is a suburb within the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of the Brisbane central business district.
In the 2011 census, the population of Zillmere was 8,105, 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median age of the Zillmere population was 34 years, 3 years below the Australian median. 67.1% of people living in Zillmere were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.8%, India 3.3%, England 2.8%, Philippines 1.7%, Italy 0.7%. 77.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.4% Punjabi, 1.1% Samoan, 0.9% Tagalog, 0.8% Karen, 0.8% Cantonese.
The Turrbal Aborigines occupied the region north of Brisbane River, including the area covered by Zillmere.
With European settlement, the area came to be known as Zillman's Waterholes, named after Johann Leopold Zillmann (1813–1892), a pioneering Lutheran missionary who served at the mission station nearby at Nundah. In January 1872, the Brisbane Courier described Zillman's Waterholes as being situated between Cabbage Tree Creek and Downfall Creek. It was settled with twenty-seven small farmers residing on the land. At the time there were "two chapels, a brickyard and pottery". The settlers grew pineapples, pigs and other small crops. After the North Coast Railway Line was extended to Petrie in 1888, the railway station servicing the area was named Zillmere. By the time the first housing estate was marketed in 1897, the area was also being called Zillmere. A slaughterhouse and curing works was established in 1898 by J.C. Hutton Pty Ltd to slaughter and process pigs from regional farms.
During the 1950s, the Housing Commission reclaimed farmland to construct prefabricated houses imported from France. This established Zillmere as a suburban centre. Migrant barracks near Church Road were used to resettle post-war European immigrants until they were destroyed by fire in the mid 1950s.
Today Zillmere is approximately 60% residential and 40% industrial. In recent years parts of its shopping district have been updated as part of the Brisbane City Council's urban renewal project.
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