Lutwyche Suburb Profile and Insights

Detailed Insights

Lutwyche has a layered property market shaped by more than a century of residential development, but its present-day character is best understood through the relationship between land size, housing type and transport accessibility rather than through a chronological history. Traditional detached streets remain highly visible, yet some of Brisbane’s strongest inner-northern apartment and mixed-use redevelopment now sits around Lutwyche Road and the busway. Kedron Brook creates another distinct environment along the western and northern side where parkland, townhouses and apartments increasingly interact with the creek corridor.

The suburb’s detached housing is concentrated most strongly away from the immediate Lutwyche Road centre. Stoneleigh Street, Gilbert Road, Damon Road, Brook Street, Gunyah Street, Fuller Street, Lowerson Street, Kenneth Street, Swinburne Street and Lamington Avenue contain a mixture of early timber homes, post-war houses and contemporary rebuilding.

The smallest conventional detached titles are frequently around 350 to 450 square metres. Current property evidence includes land around approximately 354 square metres in Stoneleigh Street, approximately 402 square metres in Fuller Street, repeated 405-square-metre holdings around Brook Street and Gunyah Street and sites around approximately 448 square metres in Swinburne Street.

This land scale is characteristic of established inner Brisbane and can function very differently according to house generation. A narrow timber house can leave a useful deep yard, while a new two-storey residence can occupy much of the buildable area.

Traditional houses frequently have a relatively narrow frontage and deep plan. Verandahs, front stairs and highset construction preserve a recognisable character even after substantial rear additions.

Where the original front section remains, modern additions can introduce open-plan kitchens, large family rooms and outdoor entertaining behind the older rooms without completely changing the street appearance.

A 405-square-metre character property therefore needs to be assessed for both existing building quality and how efficiently the house uses the title. A small house can provide greater future flexibility, while a comprehensively renovated property may already have converted most useful land into finished accommodation.

Side clearance is especially important on narrow lots. Vehicle access to the rear, pool construction and large building extensions can become difficult where the house already occupies most of the width.

Rear access from a secondary street or lane can materially improve some inner-suburban sites, although this is property specific and should not be assumed from the general street layout.

Parking is another major difference. Early houses were not designed around modern multi-car households, and original single garages, tandem driveways and carports remain common.

Contemporary replacement houses generally integrate one or two garages into the building, improving security but devoting more of the street frontage to vehicles.

The mid-sized detached market around 500 to 675 square metres offers far more flexibility. Current examples include approximately 493 square metres around Kenneth Street, around 500 square metres in Chalk Street, approximately 531 square metres in Damon Road, around 540 square metres in Lamington Avenue, approximately 620 square metres in Lowerson Street and approximately 650 to 675 square metres through Gilbert Road.

These sites allow the house and garden to operate as separate components rather than competing for every metre. A four-bedroom residence can retain lawn, pool and garage more readily, and traditional houses can preserve especially broad private gardens.

Gilbert Road provides one of the clearest examples of substantial established family housing. Four-bedroom houses on approximately 650 to 675 square metres can provide two bathrooms, double vehicle accommodation and meaningful outdoor space within a location still close to the busway and major retail.

Damon Road contains an even wider spectrum, from conventional mid-sized sites to rare holdings above 900 square metres. This creates opportunities for large detached homes and substantial private gardens within an inner-northern suburb increasingly associated with apartment development.

A roughly 900-square-metre site can provide several recreational zones. Pool, lawn, covered entertaining, vegetable gardens, sheds and multiple vehicle spaces can coexist around the house rather than being concentrated into one compact backyard.

Stoneleigh Street contains the most notable large-lot evidence, including a Queenslander on more than 1,200 square metres. Large traditional holdings of this scale are scarce close to central Brisbane and can support an estate-style residential environment within an otherwise intensively developed inner suburb.

Elevation is particularly relevant in Stoneleigh Street. Higher properties can gain broad district and city-facing views and improved breezes, while slope can create under-house storage and multi-level garden arrangements.

Large elevated land can also introduce retaining walls, stairs and steeper driveways. Accessibility therefore needs to be considered alongside the visual benefits of height.

Queenslanders remain one of Lutwyche’s most recognisable detached housing types. Traditional timber walls, high ceilings, timber floors, decorative joinery and verandah forms are represented across several streets.

The raised construction originally responded well to Brisbane’s climate and continues to provide adaptable space beneath the main floor. Storage, workshops, laundry and parking can occupy the lower level without consuming the backyard.

Renovations frequently connect kitchens and dining rooms to rear decks, allowing the elevated house to overlook gardens and pools.

Where additional lower-floor accommodation has been created, buyers should establish whether the rooms meet relevant building requirements for their intended use. A well-finished utility room is not automatically equivalent to a bedroom.

Interwar houses contribute another layer and can include lower-set timber cottages, bungalow forms and more formal front façades. These houses often occupy medium-sized sites and retain mature gardens established over many decades.

Post-war houses broaden the architectural range further. Highset weatherboard and brick combinations are particularly common, with simpler floor plans and broad yards.

The post-war house can be one of the most practical renovation options because its structure is often straightforward and the land provides enough room for extension.

Lowset brick houses introduced later generally provide more direct access between living rooms and gardens and may already contain three or four bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Contemporary construction now appears across all of these streets. Modern houses use two levels to create far more internal space than the original buildings, and architectural styles range from restrained interpretations of traditional forms to strongly contemporary façades.

Five bedrooms, several bathrooms, studies and secondary living rooms can be accommodated even on relatively compact land, reflecting the premium placed on inner-northern location.

The principal compromise is exterior space. A large new house on 400 square metres may have only a small courtyard or pool zone, while a similar house on 650 square metres can preserve useful lawn and side separation.

Building scale can also affect neighbouring privacy. Upper floors introduce windows and balconies above traditional fence lines, making orientation and screening increasingly important in streets undergoing replacement development.

Mature vegetation can soften this transition. Large established trees remain throughout parts of Lutwyche and provide shade, screening and birdlife around both old and new houses.

Tree retention varies by site and can be influenced by planning controls, building footprints and species. Buyers valuing a leafy outlook should assess the vegetation on the individual property and neighbouring land rather than relying on the broader suburb character.

Lutwyche’s townhouse market provides a meaningful middle-density alternative. Fuller Street has a particularly substantial community of two-level three-bedroom townhouses, and recent property evidence shows large internal areas and private courtyards.

A three-bedroom Fuller Street townhouse can provide more than 180 square metres of building area together with a private courtyard. This is enough internal accommodation to compete directly with older detached three-bedroom houses.

The household gives up broad land but gains shared amenities and reduced exterior responsibility. Some complexes include swimming pools and barbecue facilities.

Conon Street provides another townhouse pocket with three-bedroom homes around approximately 160 square metres, secure parking and private outdoor areas.

Florrie Street includes contemporary three-bedroom townhouses with multiple bathrooms and two-car accommodation, creating a more modern family-sized attached product.

Thistle Street adds established townhouses beside parkland and Kedron Brook, allowing residents to combine private courtyard living with immediate access to public open space.

The townhouse market is therefore not simply a cheaper version of apartment living. It offers ground-level entry, more internal separation, garages and private gardens while retaining a body corporate structure.

Body corporate records are particularly important in larger complexes because shared pools, landscaping and internal roads create long-term maintenance obligations.

A well-funded sinking fund can distribute major works across the community, while insufficient planning can create larger future levies. This financial structure needs to be compared with the individual maintenance burden of a detached house.

Apartments are even more central to contemporary Lutwyche. Felix Street, Chalk Street, Lutwyche Road, Thistle Street, Swinburne Street and Lamington Avenue contain a wide range of buildings developed over different periods.

The older apartment market generally consists of small two or three-storey brick blocks with limited common facilities. One, two and three-bedroom units can be larger internally than newer apartments because they were built with broad rooms, separate kitchens and lock-up garages rather than extensive communal spaces.

These buildings can appeal to buyers valuing internal space and lower building complexity. There are fewer lifts, pools and rooftop facilities to maintain, although older roofs, plumbing, balconies and common areas still require body corporate funding.

Ground-floor older apartments can have unusually large private courtyards. Swinburne Street includes three-bedroom accommodation in a small six-residence building with a substantial lawned courtyard and covered outdoor area.

This product operates almost like a compact townhouse while retaining apartment-style common ownership.

Contemporary apartments are much more concentrated around the centre and busway. Felix Street is one of the strongest examples, with buildings of several levels containing one, two and three-bedroom residences.

Two-bedroom, two-bathroom layouts dominate much of the current resale stock. Secure parking, lifts, large covered balconies and open-plan kitchens are common.

Modern apartments frequently place the bedrooms at opposite sides of the living space to improve privacy between residents. This can suit shared households as well as couples wanting separation between a main bedroom and guest or work room.

Large balconies are a particularly important feature because they operate as the principal private outdoor space. Corner apartments can have balconies wrapping around two sides and substantially greater natural light.

Acoustic glazing is relevant around the busway and arterial corridor and appears in modern buildings designed for the location. The quality of windows, balcony orientation and building position can make a significant difference to actual road exposure.

Upper levels can gain suburban and city-facing outlooks, while lower apartments may gain larger terraces or stronger tree canopy.

Chalk Street is almost inseparable from Market Central Lutwyche in property terms. Residents can live only a short walk from three supermarkets, food, health services and the busway.

The street’s apartment density reflects this convenience and the planning framework surrounding the Lutwyche centre.

Thistle Street has developed into another major apartment corridor, particularly around Prentice Park and the Kedron Brook side. Newer buildings provide larger two and three-bedroom residences, recreation facilities and park outlooks.

Some apartments exceed the compact unit scale and provide internal and balcony areas that can suit downsizers moving from large detached homes.

Larger three-bedroom apartments with two car spaces become particularly relevant to this market because they preserve household and vehicle capacity while removing garden maintenance.

Lamington Avenue combines older and newer apartment forms beside Bradshaw Park. Large four-bedroom attached residences are represented together with smaller units, showing that apartment-title property can extend well beyond conventional one and two-bedroom accommodation.

The retirement market adds another specialised apartment form through The Atrium. Its one, two and three-bedroom independent-living residences are supported by a heated pool, gym, rooftop terrace, library and social facilities.

The development demonstrates how Lutwyche’s transport and shopping accessibility supports ageing in place within higher-density housing rather than requiring relocation to an outer suburban retirement estate.

Retirement-village agreements differ from ordinary community-title ownership and require separate consideration of entry, ongoing and exit arrangements.

Market Central Lutwyche is one of the strongest practical reasons for higher-density living around the centre. Coles, Woolworths and ALDI operate in one complex and provide substantial supermarket competition within walking distance of surrounding housing.

The centre also contains food retailers, cafés, health and wellness services, personal services and numerous specialty businesses. Office tenants and childcare broaden its role beyond retail.

A resident can therefore complete groceries, pharmacy or health-related visits and other errands without travelling to Chermside or another regional shopping centre.

This is particularly significant to apartment households that may own one car or no car. The concentration of supermarket shopping and public transport makes reduced-car living far more practical than in suburban apartment developments without local services.

The centre’s large car park still supports households arriving from detached streets and surrounding suburbs, so it functions at both pedestrian and district scales.

Lutwyche busway station is the central public-transport asset. The station sits below the road environment and forms part of the Northern Busway.

Current services operate frequently south toward Woolloongabba and city-facing destinations and north toward Chermside and Carseldine-facing areas.

The frequency and separated infrastructure make it materially different from an ordinary suburban bus stop. Residents can use a high-capacity corridor without depending solely on mixed-traffic buses for the full journey.

Apartments closest to Felix Street and Chalk Street gain the most direct walking relationship. Detached houses farther west or south can still reach the station but are more likely to use local roadside stops where a suitable service is closer.

Lutwyche Road carries numerous additional bus services and connects directly with Windsor and Bowen Hills toward the city and Kedron toward the north.

Its commercial and transport function produces substantial vehicle movement. Residential buildings directly facing the road therefore require careful consideration of acoustic treatment, balcony orientation and driveway access.

The road also supports offices, health businesses, retailers and other employment. Some residents can work within the immediate corridor rather than commute beyond the suburb.

The Lutwyche Road Corridor neighbourhood plan gives planning expression to this transport-oriented pattern. The Lutwyche centre contains mixed-use and residential corridor sub-precincts designed to concentrate development close to transport and commercial services.

The planning framework also requires transitions toward adjoining low-density and character residential areas. This helps explain the sharp change in building scale between the centre and surrounding detached streets.

Apartment development is therefore a defining feature without making every part of Lutwyche high density.

Character housing remains protected or influenced by several layers of planning in relevant locations. Traditional building character provisions and current pre-1911 protections can materially affect demolition or alteration of identified houses.

A buyer considering a large renovation should therefore use current City Plan mapping for the exact property rather than relying on the redevelopment outcome of another house in the same suburb.

The same applies to subdivision. A large 900 or 1,200-square-metre holding can appear capable of accommodating several dwellings geometrically, but zoning, character controls, frontage, existing buildings, flood mapping and neighbourhood-plan provisions all affect actual potential.

Kedron Brook creates the suburb’s strongest environmental contrast. The creek corridor is broad and green compared with the intensive development around Lutwyche Road.

The Kedron Brook Bikeway follows this landscape and forms part of an almost 20-kilometre northside cycling and walking system between Mitchelton and Nundah.

Residents can use it for exercise, dog walking and family cycling and can continue through multiple suburbs without repeatedly entering arterial-road traffic.

For commuting cyclists, the corridor connects with other active-transport routes and can provide practical access toward northern employment and rail connections.

Bradshaw Park sits beside this network and provides playground and picnic recreation within Lutwyche.

Its open lawn and trees are particularly valuable to residents of the surrounding apartments and townhouses because public parkland provides recreation far beyond the scale of a balcony or courtyard.

Prentice Park adds another important open-space setting between the residential streets and creek. New apartment development beside the park has increasingly oriented balconies and communal recreation toward this green outlook.

The juxtaposition is significant to property. A relatively dense apartment can still enjoy a broad park view that would be impossible to reproduce through private land at the same price and location.

Smaller local parks provide additional open space through the detached streets and centre fringe. These reserves improve walking routes and create small breaks in the urban fabric.

Kedron Brook’s drainage role requires equal attention. The middle catchment includes Lutwyche and carries water through one of Brisbane’s major creek systems.

Low-lying parkland naturally performs differently during heavy rainfall from elevated residential areas. Flood conditions can affect paths, roads and private property according to event severity.

Apartments require particular consideration of common infrastructure. A residence several storeys above ground can remain physically dry while basement parking, lifts, electrical equipment or entry roads occupy lower levels.

Detached highset houses have a similar distinction between upper living areas and ground-level garages or storage.

Current Council FloodWise information should therefore be used to understand the whole property rather than only the principal living floor.

The elevated southern and internal streets can have substantially different flood conditions from creek-facing land, reinforcing the need for address-level assessment.

Education is primarily provided through neighbouring suburbs because there is no mainstream primary or secondary school physically inside Lutwyche.

Wooloowin State School sits immediately east in Wooloowin and operates under an enrolment management plan. Its Lutwyche Road address and Lutwyche postal references can create confusion, but the Department of Education identifies its physical suburb as Wooloowin.

Windsor State School is physically in Windsor and provides another nearby government primary campus.

Different Lutwyche addresses can relate to different government primary catchments, so neither neighbouring school should be assumed for the entire suburb.

Kedron State High School is physically in Kedron and is a major nearby government secondary campus. It operates under an enrolment management plan.

Selected southern Lutwyche property can have a different government secondary relationship, including Kelvin Grove State College according to current catchment mapping.

Government education therefore needs to be assessed from the exact property rather than summarised by one suburb-wide school pairing.

Holy Cross School provides nearby Catholic Prep to Year 6 education in Wooloowin and is closely associated with the Lutwyche parish community.

Additional independent and Catholic schools are distributed through Clayfield, Ascot, Kedron, Windsor and other nearby inner-north suburbs.

Rail sits just outside the boundary but remains a practical secondary transport mode. Wooloowin station is particularly close to eastern Lutwyche and is only a short walk from some residential streets.

Albion station can serve the south-eastern side, while Windsor station is relevant to selected southern and western locations.

The actual preferred rail station depends on street position and walking route. This flexibility means households can combine the Northern Busway with Brisbane’s rail network rather than choosing one system exclusively.

Lutwyche’s inner-northern position also provides strong road access. The CBD-facing route follows Lutwyche Road through Windsor and Bowen Hills, while the northern corridor leads toward Kedron, Chermside and Gympie Road-facing destinations.

Nearby tunnel infrastructure provides an important regional alternative and improves access toward Brisbane Airport and the motorway network.

Residents travelling to Herston benefit from the short distance to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and associated health, research and education precincts.

This is a major employment advantage because hospital workers can live only a short bus, bicycle or road journey from work.

Chermside provides another large employment and service centre to the north, and Brisbane Airport and TradeCoast are accessible through the tunnel and arterial network.

Bowen Hills, Newstead and Fortitude Valley provide further employment close to the city-facing side.

Lutwyche therefore occupies a location where one household can have workers travelling in completely different directions while retaining short or public-transport-supported commutes.

The suburb’s different property pockets align closely with these amenities. Felix and Chalk streets are strongest for apartment living, Market Central and the busway. Lutwyche Road has the greatest mixed-use and arterial character.

Thistle and Swinburne streets combine higher-density housing with Prentice Park and Kedron Brook. Lamington Avenue combines detached housing, units and Bradshaw Park.

Fuller, Conon and Florrie streets provide a deeper townhouse market, while Stoneleigh, Damon, Gilbert, Brook, Gunyah, Kenneth and Lowerson streets contain more traditional detached property.

Elevated Stoneleigh and Damon-road property can offer more land, views and family-house scale, while the creek-side apartment pockets emphasise public open space and maintenance convenience.

This range makes suburb-wide averages particularly blunt. A 405-square-metre Queenslander, a 650-square-metre family house, a three-bedroom townhouse and a two-bedroom apartment compete on fundamentally different attributes.

For detached houses, the useful questions are land size, character controls, renovation quality, parking and how much yard remains. For townhouses and apartments, body corporate finances, building position, private outdoor area, parking and common facilities become more important.

For every property, the relationship with the busway, Lutwyche Road, Kedron Brook and current flood mapping helps define the practical ownership experience.

Lutwyche’s enduring property value lies in this combination of established inner-northern land and genuine transport-oriented urban development. It has retained character streets and large houses while developing enough apartments, shopping and public transport to support a substantially more walkable form of metropolitan living around its centre.

Lifestyle

Living in Lutwyche can range from a traditional house-and-garden routine to a highly connected apartment lifestyle where supermarkets and the busway are only a short walk from home. The suburb’s compact geography allows these different residential formats to exist close together, so the amount of private land and building type often changes everyday life more than the suburb location itself.

Detached-house households retain the strongest private outdoor lifestyle. A traditional 500 to 675-square-metre property can provide lawn, garden, covered entertaining and vehicle space within an inner-northern location where large public infrastructure is also close.

Older Queenslanders and post-war houses often leave especially useful yards because the buildings are relatively compact. Children, pets and gardens can occupy the rear without requiring every outdoor activity to move into a public park.

A deep backyard also gives residents room for sheds, vegetable gardens, play equipment and future landscaping in a way that is increasingly difficult on new inner-suburban sites.

Traditional Queenslanders add verandahs and decks to this outdoor orientation. A front verandah can provide a shaded transition between house and street, while rear decks increasingly function as the principal entertaining area.

Elevated decks can capture breezes and overlook mature gardens, particularly on higher Stoneleigh Street and surrounding property.

Post-war highset homes provide practical covered space beneath the upper floor. Residents can store bicycles, tools and recreational equipment without filling the garage or backyard with separate structures.

The space is also useful during wet weather for children’s play, household hobbies and workshop activity.

Lowset houses provide easier movement directly into the garden and can suit households wanting fewer stairs. Pools and patios can sit immediately beside family living areas and kitchens.

Contemporary replacement houses prioritise internal accommodation and formal outdoor entertaining. Multiple bedrooms, studies and second living rooms support larger households and remote work, while outdoor space becomes more deliberately designed.

A pool terrace, compact lawn and covered alfresco can provide a high level of recreation on a smaller site even where broad traditional garden has been reduced.

The trade-off is storage and flexibility. Large recreational vehicles, sheds and substantial gardens are easier to accommodate on older broad sites.

Lutwyche’s rare 900 to 1,200-square-metre properties create a much more expansive inner-suburban lifestyle. A large Queenslander can have several garden zones, mature trees, extensive parking and substantial privacy despite being close to major public transport.

This land can support home recreation on a scale usually associated with more distant suburbs. Pool, lawn, workshop and several outdoor seating areas can coexist without crowding the residence.

Maintenance naturally increases with site size. Large lawns, fences, trees and gardens require more time and expenditure than a compact inner-suburban block.

Mature vegetation is one of the rewards. Established trees provide shade and privacy and can create a particularly settled residential atmosphere around character houses.

Townhouse households deliberately reduce this private-land commitment. A three-bedroom residence can preserve family-sized internal accommodation while exterior space becomes a courtyard rather than a full backyard.

Fuller Street townhouses demonstrate the format well. Residents can have three bedrooms, separate upstairs sleeping areas and a substantial downstairs courtyard together with access to shared pool and barbecue facilities in some complexes.

The pool provides summer recreation without every household having to maintain its own filtration, fencing and surrounding garden.

A private courtyard still supports outdoor dining, pets where permitted and smaller-scale gardening.

For families, nearby parks and Kedron Brook then provide the larger open space that a detached property would supply privately.

Townhouse communities create more regular neighbour interaction because residents share internal roads and common facilities. This can provide a stronger managed-community atmosphere than detached streets.

Body corporate rules also influence daily life. Parking, pets, exterior alterations and common-space use may be regulated more closely than on a freehold house.

Apartment living produces the strongest shift toward public and neighbourhood amenity. Residents around Felix and Chalk streets can live within minutes of Market Central Lutwyche and the busway station.

A weekly supermarket shop can be completed without driving, and cafés, pharmacy, health and service businesses are concentrated around the same centre.

This convenience can make one-car or low-car households much more practical than in an outer suburban apartment development.

Modern two-bedroom apartments typically provide large open-plan living rooms and covered balconies rather than private gardens.

The balcony becomes an important part of daily life and can support outdoor dining, plants and entertaining through much of Brisbane’s year.

Upper-floor balconies can gain broad views and breezes, while lower residences can feel more connected to street trees and neighbouring parkland.

Corner apartments generally provide additional windows and cross-ventilation and can feel significantly less enclosed than internal floor-plan positions.

Apartment residents also spend less time maintaining the building exterior. Common gardens, lifts, roofs and other shared infrastructure are managed through the body corporate.

The corresponding household cost is paid through levies rather than weekend labour. Residents should therefore consider body corporate expenditure as part of the lifestyle decision rather than treating low private maintenance as cost free.

Older apartment buildings create a different daily routine from modern complexes. Small six-pack developments generally have fewer communal facilities and can feel closer to conventional suburban living.

Large internal rooms and lock-up garages are common advantages, and ground-floor residences can have substantial private courtyards.

Residents give up lifts, rooftop recreation and elaborate common spaces in exchange for a simpler shared-property structure.

New apartments around Thistle and Swinburne streets make greater use of shared recreation. Pools, rooftop terraces and communal entertaining provide social and leisure environments within the building.

Park-facing apartments gain another layer of amenity. A household can have only a balcony privately but look across Prentice Park or other open land rather than another apartment façade.

This visual space can make higher-density living feel considerably more open than the recorded lot or unit area suggests.

The Atrium creates a specialised retirement lifestyle within the same urban setting. Residents occupy one, two and three-bedroom independent-living apartments and share facilities including pool, gym, library, rooftop terrace and social rooms.

This allows older residents to remain close to established doctors, shops and public transport while removing most household exterior maintenance.

The community setting also creates planned social interaction that is different from an ordinary apartment building.

Market Central Lutwyche is central to the daily routine of much of the suburb. Having Coles, Woolworths and ALDI within one centre gives residents substantial grocery choice without travelling to Chermside.

Smaller food and service businesses support more frequent visits. Residents can purchase groceries, organise health appointments and use personal services in one destination.

The centre is particularly convenient to apartment and townhouse households but remains easily reached by car from detached streets.

Its extensive parking means a large weekly household shop remains straightforward for families with children or substantial grocery loads.

The centre’s office and childcare functions also bring weekday activity and allow some residents to work or use childcare within the immediate suburb.

Lutwyche busway station can form part of an ordinary commuting routine rather than an occasional public-transport option. Frequent services mean residents do not necessarily need to organise their day around a single infrequent bus.

City and Woolloongabba-facing services support CBD and inner-south employment, while northern services connect toward Chermside and Carseldine-facing destinations.

This allows different members of one household to travel in opposite directions using the same station.

Rail provides another option from the eastern and southern sides. Wooloowin station is particularly close to some streets and provides direct rail travel without needing to use the busway first.

Households closer to Windsor or Albion can use those stations where the walking or connecting route is more practical.

This combination of busway and surrounding rail reduces the importance of owning several vehicles, particularly for apartment residents.

Detached households still tend to have more cars because their properties can accommodate them easily and family activities are distributed across different destinations.

A 650-square-metre property can usually provide two secure spaces plus driveway or side parking where the house design allows.

Older character sites can be more constrained. A narrow 405-square-metre title may have only one practical driveway and little room to widen it without affecting garden or building character.

Townhouses and apartments have the strictest parking limits because private spaces are allocated through the scheme and visitor bays remain shared.

The strong public-transport network helps offset those limits, but a household expecting three or four vehicles should assess parking before selecting higher-density property.

Kedron Brook provides the suburb’s most important everyday outdoor environment. The shared path allows long walks, running and cycling without repeatedly crossing major roads.

A resident can begin locally and continue through several northside suburbs, making exercise more varied than repeatedly using one small park.

The relatively flat creek-side alignment is especially suitable to cycling and running compared with Brisbane’s steeper ridge routes.

Families can use short sections for scooters and bicycles, while experienced riders can continue toward Mitchelton or Nundah and connect with other active-transport networks.

The bikeway is also practical for some commuting and shopping trips rather than purely recreational use.

Bradshaw Park gives residents a local family-recreation destination beside Lamington Avenue. Playground and picnic facilities make it useful for shorter outings where the full bikeway is unnecessary.

The park’s open grass and mature vegetation are particularly valuable to surrounding apartment residents and households with compact gardens.

Prentice Park provides another important green space between Thistle and Swinburne streets and the creek.

Residents of the increasingly dense surrounding apartment pocket can move from private balconies and courtyards into substantial public green space within minutes.

Smaller neighbourhood parks distribute open space into the residential streets and provide convenient destinations for dog walking and children’s play.

The suburb therefore supports both private and public outdoor lifestyles. Detached-house residents can spend most recreation time in their own yard, while apartment residents can rely far more heavily on parkland and Kedron Brook.

Flood conditions mean the creek landscape changes during severe weather. Regular recreation routes through lower parkland should not be treated as permanent emergency access.

Residents close to the brook generally become more familiar with Council flood information and the behaviour of local paths and roads during major rainfall.

Apartment residents need to think about basement parking and common access as well as the level of their own unit.

Highset detached-house residents similarly need to consider garages and lower utility areas independently from upper living rooms.

Higher streets can have a much less direct relationship with creek flooding and instead experience ordinary stormwater and overland-flow conditions according to local topography.

School routines generally cross a suburb boundary because mainstream school campuses sit immediately around Lutwyche rather than within it.

Wooloowin State School is close to the eastern side, while Windsor State School can be particularly convenient from the southern side.

The relevant government primary catchment depends on the individual address, so families can have different school journeys despite living within the same suburb.

Kedron State High School is nearby to the north, while selected southern addresses can relate to Kelvin Grove State College under current government catchments.

Older students can use buses and rail independently, reducing parent transport once they become comfortable with the network.

Holy Cross School in Wooloowin provides a nearby Catholic primary option and is closely connected with the local parish community.

Other independent and Catholic schools across the inner north can be reached by bus, rail or short road journeys.

Lutwyche’s proximity to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital strongly affects working life. Health workers can commute a comparatively short distance by bus, bicycle or car.

Herston’s medical, research and education employment extends this advantage beyond hospital clinical roles.

Chermside provides another major health and retail employment centre only a short northbound public-transport journey away.

Airport and TradeCoast employment is accessible through nearby tunnel and motorway infrastructure, making Lutwyche practical for shift workers whose destination is not the CBD.

The city remains extremely accessible, and residents working in Fortitude Valley, Bowen Hills or the CBD can use frequent buses rather than maintaining a dedicated parking space near work.

Home working also suits the housing range. Large detached houses can dedicate bedrooms or lower rooms to offices, while modern apartments frequently include study nooks or a second bedroom suitable for occasional work.

Townhouses can separate work upstairs from living downstairs, and larger three-bedroom formats allow one room to function as a permanent office.

The surrounding cafés and centre facilities provide alternative work or meeting environments for residents whose employment is flexible.

Weekends can remain highly local. Grocery shopping, park recreation, cycling and casual meals can all be completed within Lutwyche or immediately adjoining streets.

Residents seeking larger entertainment and retail environments can reach Chermside, Newstead, Fortitude Valley or the CBD without a long cross-city journey.

The suburb itself remains more residential than entertainment oriented once away from the centre, allowing detached streets to remain comparatively settled after business hours.

The immediate Lutwyche Road and shopping-centre environment naturally stays busier for longer because restaurants, supermarkets, buses and apartment residents generate activity into the evening.

A buyer can therefore choose the desired level of urban activity very precisely. Felix and Chalk streets provide maximum centre convenience, Thistle and Swinburne streets combine density with parks, and Stoneleigh, Damon and Gilbert roads provide a more traditional house-and-garden environment.

The 405-square-metre detached streets create a compact inner-suburban compromise, allowing individual land ownership while keeping maintenance below the scale of the larger blocks.

The 600 to 675-square-metre houses provide the strongest conventional family-property balance, while the rare larger holdings provide substantial garden and privacy.

Townhouses reduce exterior work without giving up ground-level living, and apartments maximise transport and shopping accessibility.

This is the central lifestyle advantage of Lutwyche. Residents can choose how much private land and maintenance they want without giving up the same connected inner-northern location.

Travel

Lutwyche is one of Brisbane’s strongest bus-oriented inner-northern suburbs, with its own below-ground busway station, numerous surface bus services, nearby railway stations and direct access to major arterial and tunnel infrastructure. Travel convenience varies by pocket, with apartments around Felix Street and Chalk Street having the strongest walk-to-busway relationship and eastern or southern detached streets often having practical access to nearby Wooloowin, Albion or Windsor railway stations.

Lutwyche busway station is physically within the suburb and forms part of the Northern Busway. Current services operate frequently in both directions and connect south toward Woolloongabba and city-facing destinations and north toward Chermside and Carseldine-facing areas.

The station’s separated infrastructure is a major advantage because buses can use dedicated busway sections rather than relying entirely on ordinary mixed traffic through the inner north.

Felix Street has one of the strongest station relationships. Many modern apartment buildings are only a short walk from the station, allowing residents to reach high-frequency public transport without driving or using a feeder bus.

Chalk Street has similarly strong access and combines the busway with Market Central Lutwyche immediately nearby.

This creates a particularly efficient commuting environment. A resident can walk from an apartment to the station, travel toward work and purchase groceries on the return journey without moving a private vehicle.

Lutwyche Road itself carries additional bus services and remains one of Brisbane’s principal north-south arterial corridors.

Southbound travel runs through Windsor and toward Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley and the inner city. Northbound travel continues toward Kedron and Chermside-facing routes.

Surface buses are particularly useful where a local stop is closer than the busway station or where the destination does not align directly with the principal busway services.

The combination gives residents flexibility rather than requiring every bus journey to begin at the same station entrance.

Market Central Lutwyche functions as a major landmark within this network. Pedestrian access from Lutwyche Road and Chalk Street allows shoppers to move between buses and the centre easily.

The centre also has substantial parking, so residents from the detached western and southern pockets can drive for a large grocery shop without entering a regional mall.

The most urban travel environment is therefore concentrated around the centre. Pedestrian movement, buses, cars and delivery traffic remain higher than in the residential streets.

Households selecting an apartment here generally trade some traffic exposure for maximum transport and retail access.

A detached house only several streets away can reverse that balance. Residents still reach the busway quickly but live within a street dominated by gardens and local traffic.

Lutwyche has no passenger railway station physically within the suburb, but the rail network is immediately accessible in several directions.

Wooloowin station is especially close to the eastern side and can be walkable from parts of Lamington Avenue, Chalk Street, Felix Street and surrounding roads depending on the route.

The station provides direct city-facing rail services and connections north through Brisbane’s inner-northern network.

Albion station is relevant from the south-eastern and southern side and provides another rail option for residents whose destination aligns with the Caboolture, Redcliffe Peninsula and Shorncliffe-facing network.

Windsor station can be practical from southern and south-western Lutwyche and provides access to the Ferny Grove line.

This means the preferred train station varies according to property rather than one station serving the entire suburb.

The eastern apartment market can therefore have access to both the busway and rail within a relatively small walking radius, creating some of Lutwyche’s strongest transport flexibility.

Private road travel remains centred on Lutwyche Road. The arterial provides the direct route toward the city and northern Brisbane and connects with numerous cross-suburban roads.

The road’s high traffic volume makes direct-frontage property materially different from side-street housing. Driveway access, road noise and pedestrian crossing points need to be considered from the individual address.

Apartments generally use consolidated basement access rather than individual driveways, reducing the number of vehicle crossings along the busiest sections.

Detached houses facing main roads can benefit from internal turning space where land permits, allowing vehicles to enter the carriageway facing forward rather than reversing.

Nearby tunnel infrastructure provides another major travel advantage. Airport Link connections allow drivers to bypass sections of the surface network toward Brisbane Airport and the Gateway-facing system.

This can substantially change airport and cross-city travel compared with suburbs that require a long surface-road approach before reaching motorway infrastructure.

Airport employees can use the tunnel and connecting motorway network without travelling through the CBD.

TradeCoast, Eagle Farm and surrounding industrial and logistics employment become similarly accessible.

Bowen Hills is only a short southbound journey and provides major employment, health, commercial and transport connections.

The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Herston health precinct are among the most important nearby destinations. Current bus services and local roads make the hospital accessible without a long cross-city journey.

Health workers can therefore use public transport for shift-based employment rather than maintaining parking near a major inner-city hospital.

Cycling can provide another strong option because Lutwyche sits directly beside the Kedron Brook Bikeway.

The bikeway follows a largely off-road corridor from Mitchelton through Lutwyche and onward toward Nundah.

Residents can use the route for longer cross-suburban journeys without riding for the entire distance in general traffic.

The corridor connects with numerous parks, schools, shops and transport points, making it practical as well as recreational.

From the Lutwyche section, riders can travel west toward Stafford, Everton Park and Mitchelton or east toward Kalinga, Nundah and the broader airport-facing cycle network.

The generally flatter creek alignment makes these journeys substantially easier than routes over surrounding ridges.

Families can use shorter sections for children’s cycling and scooters while experienced riders can continue for many kilometres.

The bikeway’s links with other northside infrastructure allow some residents to commute actively toward inner-northern employment.

Bradshaw Park and Prentice Park provide convenient entry environments for residents living around Lamington Avenue, Thistle Street and Swinburne Street.

Apartment residents beside these parks can therefore begin a walk or ride almost immediately after leaving the building.

Pedestrian travel is strongest around the centre. Market Central, Lutwyche busway station, apartments and local services sit within a compact area.

The main challenge is crossing major roads. Lutwyche Road carries substantial traffic, so formal crossings and signalised intersections determine which walking route feels most direct and comfortable.

A destination may be close geographically but on the opposite side of the arterial, making crossing location more important than straight-line distance.

The side streets are much more comfortable for ordinary residential walking. Mature trees and lower traffic create a different pedestrian environment only a short distance from the commercial corridor.

Kedron Brook provides an alternative east-west walking route free from most road traffic.

Walking to nearby schools varies because the campuses are outside the suburb. Wooloowin State School can be close to eastern addresses, while Windsor State School can be more practical from southern streets.

Current catchment eligibility should be established separately from walking distance.

Secondary students may travel toward Kedron State High School or another relevant government campus according to the official catchment applying to their address.

The busway and surrounding rail network make independent school travel increasingly practical as children grow older.

Holy Cross School in Wooloowin is also within a short surrounding journey and can be accessible on foot from selected eastern Lutwyche streets.

Private vehicle ownership remains common, but the amount of parking available changes sharply by housing type.

Large detached properties can provide several off-street spaces, carports, garages and side parking.

The rare 900 to 1,200-square-metre holdings can accommodate numerous vehicles while retaining substantial gardens.

Properties around 600 to 675 square metres generally support double parking comfortably where house placement is suitable.

Traditional 405-square-metre sites have less surplus room. An original house can have only one formal car space plus tandem driveway parking.

Contemporary replacement houses often integrate a double garage but can leave little room for additional household vehicles.

Street parking therefore becomes more relevant as adult children or shared households increase vehicle numbers.

Townhouses generally provide one or two private spaces and rely on visitor bays for guests.

Residents should distinguish designated parking from common areas because body corporate rules can limit long-term use of visitor spaces.

Apartments similarly provide allocated secure parking, commonly one space for one or two-bedroom residences and more variable arrangements for larger three-bedroom property.

The strong busway and nearby rail are particularly valuable where parking cannot be expanded.

A household living beside Felix Street can operate very differently from one in a large Stoneleigh Street house even if both have three bedrooms.

The apartment household can use buses and shopping on foot and may need only one car, while the detached household has the space to store several vehicles and may use them for more family activities.

Road travel toward Chermside is direct and makes the major regional centre a practical employment, medical and shopping destination.

The Prince Charles Hospital and surrounding health services are reachable through the northside road and bus network.

Windsor, Albion and Bowen Hills provide significant commercial and industrial employment immediately south and south-east.

Newstead and Fortitude Valley are also close enough that many professional and hospitality workers have relatively short commutes.

This distribution reduces the importance of a single CBD travel time when evaluating Lutwyche.

A household can include one resident working at Herston, another in Chermside and another travelling to the CBD, all with practical transport options.

Working from home reduces road dependence further. The suburb’s large detached houses can provide dedicated offices, while newer apartments and townhouses increasingly include study areas or spare bedrooms.

A mixed work pattern can make busway proximity valuable even where commuting occurs only several days each week.

The surrounding commercial centre also provides cafés and services suitable for meetings or breaks away from the home office.

Severe weather changes the active-transport environment around Kedron Brook first. Lower bikeway and parkland sections can become inaccessible or unsuitable before higher residential streets.

Residents should therefore distinguish a normal recreation route from a dependable severe-weather access route.

Flood conditions can also affect basement parking or low driveways independently of an apartment residence on an upper level.

Detached highset houses can keep bedrooms above ground while lower garages experience different conditions.

Council FloodWise information provides the appropriate property-level assessment and should be considered together with the actual access road.

The transport environment can be divided into several clear property pockets. Felix Street and Chalk Street maximise busway and shopping access. Lutwyche Road maximises direct arterial and surface-bus access.

Lamington Avenue, Thistle Street and Swinburne Street combine buses with Kedron Brook recreation and nearby rail.

Stoneleigh, Damon and Gilbert roads provide more conventional detached-house travel, with greater private parking and a slightly longer walk to the centre from some sites.

The southern edge gains stronger access toward Windsor station and the inner-city road network, while the eastern side has the strongest relationship with Wooloowin rail.

For a property buyer, useful transport questions are therefore whether the busway or rail is genuinely walkable, how many cars the household needs, whether the property faces a major road, how often Kedron Brook will be used for active travel and which employment direction dominates the household routine. Those factors distinguish Lutwyche addresses far more accurately than a single distance-to-CBD figure.

Schools & Amenities

Lutwyche has a strong surrounding education network but does not contain a mainstream government primary or secondary school physically within the suburb boundary. This distinction is important because several nearby schools use Lutwyche Road or Lutwyche postal references and can easily be mistaken for schools physically located in the suburb.

Wooloowin State School is physically located in neighbouring Wooloowin and provides government primary education from Prep to Year 6. The Department of Education identifies the actual suburb as Wooloowin despite the campus being on Lutwyche Road and using a Lutwyche postal box.

Wooloowin State School operates under an enrolment management plan and has a defined local catchment. Selected eastern Lutwyche properties can have a particularly close physical relationship with the campus, but enrolment eligibility should be determined using current official mapping.

The school also has an associated special education program and out-of-school-hours care.

Windsor State School is another nearby government primary campus and is physically located in Windsor south of Lutwyche.

Its Lutwyche Road frontage can also create confusion over suburb location, but Council and education records place the campus within Windsor.

Different parts of Lutwyche can therefore have different government primary-school relationships despite the suburb itself having no internal mainstream primary campus.

Current EdMap information should be used for the individual property rather than assuming either Wooloowin State School or Windsor State School applies across the entire suburb.

Kedron State High School is the major nearby government secondary campus to the north and is physically located in Kedron.

It provides Years 7 to 12 and operates under an enrolment management plan. Its Department of Education record uses a Lutwyche postal address but clearly identifies the physical campus as Kedron.

This is another reason postal information should not be used to determine which schools are physically inside Lutwyche.

Selected southern Lutwyche addresses can have a government secondary relationship with Kelvin Grove State College under current catchment arrangements.

The applicable secondary school should therefore be checked through official mapping for the exact residential address rather than assigning one campus to the whole suburb.

Kedron State High School has associated specialist education services and a substantial established campus, making it an important education institution within the broader Lutwyche-Kedron district.

Students can access surrounding government schools by bus, walking, cycling or rail depending on the property location and campus.

The busway becomes particularly useful to older students travelling outside the immediate neighbourhood because high-frequency services connect Lutwyche with several inner and northern destinations.

Wooloowin railway station provides another independent transport option from eastern Lutwyche.

Holy Cross School is a nearby Catholic co-educational primary school physically located in Wooloowin and provides Prep to Year 6.

The school is part of the Lutwyche Catholic Parish and therefore has a strong community association with Lutwyche despite lying across the suburb boundary.

Its Morris Street location places it within a short journey of eastern Lutwyche housing and the Wooloowin rail corridor.

Additional Catholic and independent schooling is available through Clayfield, Ascot, Kedron, Windsor, Albion and surrounding inner-northern suburbs.

The dense surrounding school network means families can consider multiple education sectors without travelling to distant outer suburbs, although each school has its own enrolment and transport arrangements.

Market Central Lutwyche is the principal shopping and service amenity physically within the suburb and is substantially larger than a conventional neighbourhood strip.

Coles, Woolworths and ALDI all operate within the centre, giving Lutwyche three major supermarket choices at one location.

The supermarket combination allows households to complete full weekly grocery shopping within the suburb and compare retailers without travelling to Chermside or another regional centre.

Fresh food, cafés, takeaway and other food businesses broaden the centre beyond supermarket shopping.

Health, fitness and wellbeing businesses form an important part of the tenancy mix and support routine appointments within the same centre as groceries.

Personal services and specialty retail add further everyday convenience.

Commercial office tenants occupy upper and surrounding levels and make Market Central an employment location as well as a retail centre.

Childcare within the complex adds another practical family service and allows some households to combine drop-off, commuting and shopping within the same precinct.

The centre’s substantial undercover parking serves residents from Lutwyche and surrounding suburbs, while pedestrian access from Lutwyche Road, Chalk Street and the adjoining street network supports local apartment residents.

The relationship with Lutwyche busway station is particularly important. Shopping and public transport sit within the same compact centre environment.

A resident can therefore travel to work by bus and complete supermarket or health errands on the return journey without making a separate trip.

The centre’s scale also reduces dependence on Westfield Chermside for routine retail. Chermside remains useful for department stores, major fashion, entertainment and a much broader regional offer, but ordinary groceries and many services are already available locally.

Stafford City Shopping Centre provides another nearby shopping direction to the west and is particularly convenient from the Kedron Brook side.

Albion, Windsor and Kedron contain numerous smaller cafés, restaurants and professional businesses within short surrounding journeys.

Newstead and Fortitude Valley provide substantially deeper dining and entertainment to the south without needing to travel across Brisbane.

Healthcare is particularly strong in the surrounding inner-north. General practice, pharmacy and allied-health services are available around Market Central and Lutwyche Road.

The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Herston is one of the closest major public hospital campuses and can be reached by bus, bicycle or a short road journey.

The broader Herston health precinct adds specialist medical, research and education services around the hospital.

The Prince Charles Hospital at Chermside provides another major public health destination to the north and is connected through the northside road and bus network.

Private hospitals and specialist practices across Chermside, Spring Hill and inner Brisbane further broaden healthcare choice.

Bradshaw Park is one of Lutwyche’s principal public recreation spaces and is physically located beside Lamington Avenue near Kedron Brook.

The park provides playground and picnic recreation together with access to the surrounding shared-path network.

Its open grass and mature trees give nearby apartment, townhouse and detached-house residents a substantial local green space.

A locally heritage-listed former tram and bus shelter remains beside the park and contributes a small historical element to the public landscape.

The Gordon Park Scout Group uses facilities within Bradshaw Park, adding organised youth and community activity to the reserve.

Prentice Park is another significant park physically within Lutwyche and occupies land beside Thistle Street, Swinburne Street and Kedron Brook.

The reserve provides open space beside a residential area where apartment density has increased substantially.

This makes the park particularly important to residents whose own private outdoor area consists primarily of a balcony or courtyard.

Newer surrounding apartment buildings increasingly use park views as a major residential feature, demonstrating how public open space can support higher-density housing.

Wesley Street Park sits nearby and adds another small green break within the same residential pocket.

Damon Road Park, Norman Avenue Park, W. A. Jolly Park, Swinburne Street Park and other small reserves distribute local open space through different parts of the suburb.

These smaller parks provide short walking destinations, informal grass and local recreation without requiring residents to travel to Kedron Brook for every outing.

The Kedron Brook corridor itself is Lutwyche’s largest continuous recreation amenity.

Council identifies the Kedron Brook Bikeway as an almost 20-kilometre northside route extending from Mitchelton toward Nundah through separated bikeways and off-road shared paths.

Lutwyche sits directly along the middle section and provides multiple practical access points.

Residents can use the bikeway for walking, running, cycling and local active transport.

The path connects with parks, schools, sports facilities, shops and railway stations across the northern suburbs.

Its largely creek-side alignment provides a much greener recreation setting than walking for the same distance along Lutwyche Road.

Cyclists can continue east toward Kalinga and Nundah or west through Stafford and Everton Park toward Mitchelton.

The wider network ultimately links with additional northern bikeways, giving Lutwyche residents substantial recreation range without needing to load bicycles into a car.

Kedron Brook is also one of Brisbane’s major waterway systems and the surrounding parkland forms part of the creek’s floodplain and drainage environment.

Council identifies Lutwyche within the middle Kedron Brook catchment, together with neighbouring suburbs such as Gordon Park, Kedron, Grange and Wooloowin.

Flood and overland-flow conditions therefore vary according to the individual property’s relationship with the creek, tributary drainage and local elevation.

Current FloodWise mapping should be used for houses, townhouses and apartment complexes rather than assuming all creek-side or all elevated property behaves the same way.

Apartment buyers should consider common property such as basements, lifts and vehicle entries as well as the residential floor itself.

Detached-house owners should similarly consider garages, under-house areas and garden levels independently from elevated main living rooms.

The Lutwyche Road Corridor neighbourhood plan is an important planning amenity because it supports a deliberate centre structure around transport, shops and higher-density housing.

The Lutwyche centre includes mixed-use and residential corridor precincts and provides a planning basis for the apartment and commercial concentration around the busway.

Surrounding low-density and character streets retain a substantially different residential form, allowing residents to live close to the centre without every street becoming apartment dominated.

This planning distinction helps maintain Lutwyche’s unusually broad housing choice.

Residents can choose an apartment directly beside the shops, a townhouse near Kedron Brook or a detached Queenslander only several minutes away.

Lutwyche busway station is itself one of the suburb’s most important amenities. Frequent current services connect south toward the city and Woolloongabba and north toward Chermside and Carseldine-facing destinations.

The station is accessible and integrated with the broader Northern Busway system.

Surface buses along Lutwyche Road and surrounding corridors broaden the available destinations beyond the busway itself.

Nearby railway stations at Wooloowin, Albion and Windsor provide another transport layer and can be particularly convenient from the eastern and southern residential pockets.

This combination is valuable to households seeking to reduce private-car use and is one reason apartments can function particularly well around the Lutwyche centre.

Major road infrastructure provides an alternative for residents who drive. Lutwyche Road connects directly toward the inner city and Chermside, while nearby tunnel links provide efficient airport and motorway access.

The local amenity picture therefore changes strongly by pocket. Felix and Chalk streets have the strongest supermarket and busway relationship. Lutwyche Road has the greatest commercial and transport access.

Thistle and Swinburne streets combine apartments and townhouses with Prentice Park and Kedron Brook. Lamington Avenue relates closely to Bradshaw Park and the eastern rail network.

Stoneleigh, Damon, Gilbert, Brook, Gunyah, Kenneth and Lowerson streets provide more traditional house-and-garden living while remaining close to the same shopping and transport infrastructure.

The suburb’s practical strength is therefore not simply proximity to the city. Lutwyche contains major shopping, a busway station, extensive creek-side recreation and a broad housing market within its own boundary, while schools, rail, hospitals and regional retail sit immediately around it.

Local Schools

Wooloowin State School
Distance: 0.60 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 345
663 Lutwyche Road, Wooloowin
Phone: (07) 3622 1777
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Holy Cross School (Wooloowin)
Distance: 0.72 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 102
40 Morris Street, Wooloowin
Phone: (07) 3857 2443
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Kedron State High School
Distance: 0.97 km
State High School
Sector: State
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 1,700
Park Road, Kedron
Phone: (07) 3630 3333
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Windsor State School
Distance: 1.04 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 717
Harris Street, Windsor
Phone: (07) 3866 4333
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St Columba's Primary School (Wilston)
Distance: 1.64 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 543
Kedron Brook Road, Wilston
Phone: (07) 3356 9866
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Kedron State School
Distance: 1.70 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 487
Leckie Road, Kedron
Phone: (07) 3621 3444
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Padua College (Kedron)
Distance: 1.75 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 5 – Year 12
Students: 1,528
80 Turner Road, Kedron
Phone: (07) 3857 9999
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St Anthony's School (Kedron)
Distance: 1.76 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 680
121 Somerset Road, Kedron
Phone: (07) 3357 6185
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Eagle Junction State School
Distance: 1.78 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 931
49 Roseby Avenue, Clayfield
Phone: (07) 3637 1111
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Mount Alvernia College (Kedron)
Distance: 1.87 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 942
82 Cremorne Road, Kedron
Phone: (07) 3357 6000
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Clayfield College (Clayfield)
Distance: 1.89 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Prep Year – Year 12
Students: 548
23 Gregory Street, Clayfield
Phone: (07) 3262 0229
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Wilston State School
Distance: 1.94 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 840
Primrose Street, Grange
Phone: (07) 3552 8444
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Stafford State School
Distance: 1.94 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 246
314 Stafford Road, Stafford
Phone: (07) 3552 6333
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St Margaret's Anglican Girls School (Ascot)
Distance: 1.98 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Prep Year – Year 12
Students: 1,407
11 Petrie Street, Ascot
Phone: (07) 3862 0777
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St Agatha's Primary School (Clayfield)
Distance: 2.21 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 354
6 Hunter Lane, Clayfield
Phone: (07) 3326 9222
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St Rita's College (Clayfield)
Distance: 2.33 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 5 – Year 12
Students: 1,223
41 Enderley Road, Clayfield
Phone: (07) 3862 1615
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Ascot State School
Distance: 2.59 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 631
Pringle Street, Ascot
Phone: (07) 3326 9333
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Wavell State High School
Distance: 2.67 km
State High School
Sector: State
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 1,522
Telopia Avenue, Wavell Heights
Phone: (07) 3350 0333
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Somerset Hills State School
Distance: 2.97 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 103
Cnr Webster & Kitchener Roads, Stafford Heights
Phone: (07) 3624 2222
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Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre
Distance: 3.00 km
Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre
Sector: State
Newmarket School Campus, 15 Banks Street, Newmarket
Phone: (07) 3552 7111
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