Middle Park, Queensland

Middle Park is a suburb located 14km south-west of the CBD of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly residential.

The Postcode of Middle Park is 4074.

Geography

Middle Park is one of the six suburbs that Jindalee was split into in 1970 which are commonly known as the "Centenary Suburbs".

Its neighbouring suburb to the north is Mount Ommaney, to the west is Westlake, to the south is Riverhills and Sumner, to the east is Jamboree Heights.

It is bounded to the north by the McLeod Country Golf Club, to the West by Baronga Street and Horizon Drive, Lalina Street and Macfarlane Street, to the south by Sumners Road and to the east by Estate Road and Beanland Street.

Middle Park is 1.5 square kilometres in area, which is .000019% of the area of Australia.

In the UBD Refidex, look in the middle of page 197.

Representation

The people of Middle Park are represented by the following:

In the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Australia by Michael Andrew Jackson, the Liberal Party Member for the electorate of Ryan.

In the Queensland Parliament by Julie Attwood, the Labor Party Member for Mount Ommaney.

On Brisbane City Council by Councillor Felicity Farmer, the Labor Party Member for Jamboree Ward.

Schools

There are two schools in Middle Park:

Middle Park State School is run by the Queensland Government.

Good News Lutheran School is an independent primary school affiliated with the Lutheran Church of Australia.

Reserves

There are 8 areas of open public land in Middle Park. Blink and you would miss 5 of them.

The Peter Lightfoot Oval (Horizon Drive Park) at 141 Horizon Drive UBD197E7 hosts St Catherines United Soccer Club, Toddler Sports, netball, basketball.

Public transport

Middle Park is well served by public transport including Bus Routes 450, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459. 452 meets trains at Darra railway station; the remainder go to the City.

Churches

There are 4 churches in Middle Park:

Centenary Baptist Church, corner Riverhills Road and Horizon Drive

Uniting Church, 37 Riverhills Road

Good News Lutheran Church, 49 Horizon Drive

St Catherine's Anglican Ministry, 43 Macfarlane Street

Demography

The following from the Australian Bureau of Statistics being information collected at different times during 2001, 2002 and 2003. Figures in <Brackets> are for all of Australia:

4,338 people lived in Middle Park, a population density of 2,888 per km2.

22.2% <20.0%> were aged 0-14, 42.8% <43.3%> aged 15-44, 27.7% <23.8%> aged 45-64 and 7.4% <12.8%> aged 65+. It looks like Middle Park is a place to bring up a family.

56 children were born per year, a crude birth rate of 12.9 <12.5> per thousand, and 8 people died - 2.5 <6.7> per thousand.

2,037 residents (47% <38%>) worked for an average wages and salary income of $39,936 <$37,729>.

80 residents (3% <6.2%>) were unemployed.

550 (13% <23%>) received some sort of government income support including a pension.

The suburb stands at decile 9 of the Socio-Economic Index.

Housing

Most housing was constructed around 1980 in the style of that era, which many would suggest is rather inappropriate for the climate of Brisbane. The typical Middle Park house has a large open-plan living area, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a double garage, is single-storey, built on a concrete slab, with a brick outer skin and plasterboard inner skin on wooden framing, and a tile roof.

According to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland, the median house price during 2005 was AUD372,500, and the median weekly rent paid for a 3-bedroom house in the December 2005 quarter was AUD260.

In 2001 78% of homes were owner-occupied, 19% were rented.