Moorooka Suburb Profile and Insights

Detailed Insights

Moorooka is one of Brisbane’s more internally varied established suburbs, with topography, transport corridors, planning and housing era all contributing to distinct local property markets. The suburb stretches from elevated residential streets beside Toohey Forest and Tarragindi-side ridges down toward the flatter railway, industrial and creek landscapes adjoining Rocklea. Beaudesert Road runs through the middle as the principal commercial and transport spine, while the adopted Nathan-Salisbury-Moorooka Neighbourhood Plan formalises several different future land-use environments within the suburb.

The detached-house market begins with traditional Queenslanders, cottages and interwar housing. These buildings remain prominent through the established northern and central grid and generally occupy raised timber or weatherboard forms with verandas, timber floors and high ceilings. Original houses can be modest internally, but their position toward the front of traditional lots frequently preserves substantial land behind them.

This has made renovation a major part of Moorooka’s property evolution. Houses are commonly raised, extended or opened substantially at the rear, with new kitchens and living spaces connected to decks, pools and gardens. The original street-facing portion can retain traditional proportions while the completed property provides four or five bedrooms and several living areas.

The quality and legality of lower-level accommodation should be checked carefully. Raising a Queenslander can create excellent garage, office, rumpus or bedroom space, but buyers should confirm approvals, ceiling heights, waterproofing and the relationship with any flood or overland-flow mapping rather than assuming every enclosed lower level has the same status as the original upper floor.

Post-war housing forms another major part of the suburb. Timber weatherboard houses, chamferboard homes and later brick residences are especially common through the southern, eastern and elevated family pockets. They often have simpler floor plans than Queenslanders but can occupy generous 600 to 800-square-metre sites and provide excellent underlying family property after renovation.

Post-war houses on sloping land can also capture strong district outlooks. Homestead Street and adjoining Clifton Hill property provide examples where relatively modest houses use elevated sites to look toward Toohey Forest and surrounding suburbs. Buyers can therefore find views without purchasing the largest prestige residence.

Approximately 405 square metres is a durable part of Moorooka’s traditional land pattern. Newman Road has current four-bedroom housing on this scale and Dinmore Street retains detached character property around the same area. Compact lots are also scattered through centre-side and redevelopment-influenced streets.

A 405-square-metre Queenslander can retain a small lawn and rear garden because much of the house is elevated and narrow. A modern residence with double garaging and four or five bedrooms generally uses more of the title, making building orientation and privacy much more important.

Newman Road demonstrates this contemporary compact-house market particularly clearly. A modern four-bedroom home can provide three bathrooms and substantial internal accommodation on land that historically might have carried a modest cottage. This creates a buyer choice between new-building convenience and the larger private-land proportions of older 607-square-metre housing nearby.

Around 450 to 500 square metres, land becomes slightly more flexible. Recent property around Wallace Street and Barford Street demonstrates this middle-small format. Detached homes can retain more side clearance, a deeper backyard or additional parking without taking on the full maintenance of a large traditional block.

Barford Street is especially useful for illustrating Moorooka’s land diversity because compact residential land sits in the same broader street environment as holdings approaching 1,000 square metres. Similar street addresses can therefore represent completely different redevelopment, garden and maintenance propositions.

The classic 607-square-metre block remains one of Moorooka’s strongest family formats. Goodwin Terrace, Vale Street and Beverley Hill Street all provide recent evidence of this scale. The land can support large four or five-bedroom houses while preserving enough backyard for pools, lawn and mature landscaping.

Goodwin Terrace combines this land format with one of Moorooka’s stronger elevated and park-oriented settings. Recent property around 607 to 617 square metres includes houses backing Peggs Park as well as renovated family homes. Park-backed sites gain an open rear boundary and direct green-space relationship that can make the property feel considerably larger than its title.

The environmental position remains different from the lower Rocklea side. An elevated Goodwin Terrace home should not be assigned the same flood narrative as property near Rocky Waterholes Creek simply because both are in Moorooka. This is one of the clearest examples of why address-specific environmental analysis matters.

Vale Street provides another 607-square-metre family market but has a more central urban context. Moorooka State School, the Beaudesert Road centre, units and townhouse development all sit nearby. A detached house here benefits from walkability but is more likely to have medium-density or centre-oriented neighbours than an elevated character home on the outer edge of Clifton Hill.

Beverley Hill Street is one of Moorooka’s strongest prestige residential streets and includes current 607-square-metre and approximately 750-square-metre family property. Large renovated and rebuilt houses use the elevated topography to combine city or district outlooks with substantial contemporary accommodation.

The larger Beverley Hill Street site provides a markedly different outdoor proposition from a compact contemporary house. Pools, lawn and several vehicle spaces can coexist, and the building can be set farther from neighbouring houses. Mature trees and elevated rear outlooks add another layer to value.

Vendale Avenue and Currey Avenue sit within the established family market around roughly 620 to 640 square metres. These streets demonstrate how much of Moorooka’s detached housing is neither tiny inner-city land nor oversized legacy property. The middle land segment is extensive and supports practical family ownership without extraordinary maintenance.

Bracken Street includes property approaching 700 square metres and supports substantial modern family houses. Five-bedroom homes with pools and several car spaces show the increasing level of reinvestment in streets that were once dominated by much more modest post-war construction.

Traditional approximately 809 to 810-square-metre holdings remain prominent enough to influence the market. Gainsborough Street contains this scale within both detached and multi-unit property. Waterlot Street has long-standing 809-square-metre prestige holdings, while Glen Street and Lyon Street demonstrate how traditional double-lot-scale land has also supported blocks of units.

An 809-square-metre detached property can provide broad family gardens, pools, workshops and several vehicles while keeping the house separated from boundaries. In an elevated pocket, the extra depth can also improve privacy and orientation toward views.

The same land size within a medium-density or renewal-influenced area can have a different investment character. Older unit blocks on 809 or 810 square metres show that Moorooka has supported attached housing for decades rather than undergoing only a recent shift toward density.

Gainsborough Street is one of the best examples. Modern two-bedroom units coexist with older blocks of flats, detached houses and redevelopment sites. A buyer should not infer the likely future streetscape from the current building immediately next door because the planning context and lot amalgamation can support a range of outcomes.

Lyon Street has a similarly established multi-residential role. Two-bedroom apartments, older unit buildings and legacy multi-unit sites coexist with houses. The street’s relatively close relationship with Beaudesert Road and the centre increases its appeal to residents who value shopping and bus access over a purely detached-house environment.

Older unit buildings can provide larger rooms and relatively simple common property. Individual garages are common in some developments, and the absence of lifts, pools or elaborate communal facilities can reduce the number of expensive systems the body corporate maintains.

The trade-off is building age. Roofs, plumbing, drainage, balconies, retaining, external paint and concrete condition can become significant common expenses. A recently renovated kitchen within the unit does not indicate the financial condition of the overall scheme.

Contemporary apartments tend to provide two bathrooms, secure parking, balconies and more modern acoustic and thermal performance. They can better suit owner-occupiers but may also involve lifts, gates and additional shared infrastructure.

Moorooka’s townhouse market is even more geographically widespread. Hamilton Road, Helles Street, Durack Street, Forest Street, Hawtree Street, Gainsborough Street and Muriel Avenue all contain examples. Two and three-bedroom layouts dominate, with some recent properties providing two-car or even greater parking allocation.

Hamilton Road has a substantial townhouse presence and includes relatively large residences with significant courtyard or title area. A two-bedroom townhouse with extensive private outdoor space can compete with a small detached house for buyers who want pets, gardening or entertaining without full exterior maintenance responsibility.

Helles Street provides both units and townhouses and sits close to the school and centre-side residential grid. Recent two-bedroom properties demonstrate the increasing owner-occupier value of well-positioned attached housing in Moorooka.

Forest Street contains modern three-bedroom townhouse housing and remains close to central shops and schools. This format is particularly relevant to young families who need several bedrooms but do not require the 600 to 800-square-metre land of a traditional house.

Durack Street similarly includes three-bedroom townhouses and sits immediately within the broader Moorvale shopping geography. Low-maintenance housing here benefits more directly from local retail and buses than townhouses around the southern industrial edge.

Hawtree Street adds another small-complex townhouse market close to St Brendan’s Primary School. Attached housing can therefore place residents within an established school-and-shopping environment while reducing garden maintenance.

Muriel Avenue is different. Large townhouse communities sit close to Rocky Waterholes drainage, railway and the Rocklea employment side. Residents have strong road access and relatively large ground-oriented attached homes, but the environmental and surrounding land-use context requires different due diligence from a centre townhouse.

Current school catchment evidence reinforces this distinction. While central and elevated Moorooka properties commonly fall within Moorooka State School, addresses around Muriel Avenue, Anson Street and John Bright Street can fall within Rocklea State School. The school boundary therefore cuts across the suburb rather than following its official edge.

This means a family comparing two similarly priced townhouses needs to check EdMap rather than assuming both offer the same government primary school. The difference can occur without a major change in distance to Beaudesert Road or the CBD.

Moorooka State School is now enrolment managed. The school provides Prep to Year 6 and includes a swimming pool, OSHC and special education program. Its established campus forms an important anchor around Sherley Street and the surrounding family neighbourhood.

St Brendan’s Primary School is physically within Moorooka and provides Catholic Prep-to-Year-6 education. Its smaller school environment and Hawtree Street location create a separate local education option close to the commercial centre and established residential streets.

Yeronga State High School provides the secondary catchment across the current Moorooka property examples checked, including central and southern locations. Its campus is physically in neighbouring Yeronga. Address-level confirmation remains appropriate because government catchments can be reviewed and are not guaranteed by suburb name.

The Clifton Hill name is widely used for an elevated pocket spanning parts of Moorooka and adjoining local areas. Within Moorooka it is most strongly associated with streets around Goodwin Terrace, Waterlot Street, Longueval Street, Homestead Street, Errington Street and neighbouring ridges. The adopted neighbourhood plan formally recognises a Clifton Hill War Service Homes Estate precinct, giving the name a durable planning as well as market presence.

The housing within Clifton Hill is not entirely pre-war. Post-war timber homes are a major part of the area and sit beside Queenslanders and newer prestige renovations. This mix creates a streetscape with more architectural variety than a uniformly preserved character precinct.

Longueval Street includes substantial traditional family land and large renovated homes. Earlier sales show sites approaching 900 square metres, illustrating the pocket’s larger-land potential. Waterlot Street includes traditional 809-square-metre property and substantial five and six-bedroom houses.

Kerrianne Place demonstrates that exceptional large holdings also survive, with property above 1,600 square metres. These sites are scarce and should be treated as a niche rather than used to describe ordinary Clifton Hill property.

The value of a large elevated holding lies in more than future development. Mature gardens, private pools, long setbacks, multiple-car accommodation and outlook can make retaining a single substantial residence the most attractive use to an owner even where planning permits other possibilities.

Toohey Forest strengthens this eastern and elevated residential environment. Council’s forest reserve covers about 260 hectares and contains walking and shared trails through dry eucalypt bushland. Part of the heritage-listed Toohey Forest property extends into Moorooka and the reserve is immediately accessible from the broader Mayfield Road and Tarragindi/Nathan side.

Houses with forest outlooks or quick trail access have a different lifestyle from centre-side apartments despite sharing the same suburb. Bushfire and biodiversity mapping can also become more relevant around vegetation than on the flatter commercial side, so environmental due diligence changes with location.

Mayfield Road itself is an important transition. It links Beaudesert Road with the Toohey Forest side and carries more traffic than short residential streets. Commercial, school and residential uses occur along or near the corridor, and houses on direct frontage should be compared separately from parallel local streets.

Beaudesert Road is the dominant commercial corridor. The Moorvale shopping centre is one of Brisbane’s established suburban shopping strips and combines a supermarket, smaller retailers, professional services, food and local businesses within a traditional street-based centre.

Woolworths provides a full supermarket anchor within Moorooka and substantially reduces dependence on larger external shopping centres for ordinary groceries. The centre also has enough dining and service businesses to support frequent local use rather than functioning only as a weekly supermarket destination.

The architecture of the centre is part of its identity. The heritage-listed Hughes Centre and mid-century arcade demonstrate the established post-war commercial form, with street-facing shops and awnings creating a pedestrian frontage along Beaudesert Road.

This environment differs from a modern enclosed mall. Parking is distributed through centre lots and surrounding streets and pedestrian movement interacts directly with buses and road traffic. Residents who enjoy a traditional local centre may see this as a strength, while buyers wanting an entirely quiet residential setting can live several streets away and still walk in.

The adopted Nathan-Salisbury-Moorooka Neighbourhood Plan is particularly important because it replaces the older broad planning assumptions with finer-grained precincts. Moorvale shopping centre, Clifton Hill, Magic Mile, Gow Street renewal, employment core, employment frame, Durack Street, mixed-use core, mixed-use frame, heritage renewal and residential renewal are separately identified.

These precincts explain why future property change will not be uniform. Housing choice and mixed use are concentrated more strongly around suitable transport, centre and renewal land, while character areas and natural corridors receive different treatment.

For detached-house buyers, surrounding zoning can be as important as the zoning of the subject property. A house beside a future mixed-use or low-medium-density site may experience taller or more intensive neighbours than a property deep within Clifton Hill.

For apartment and townhouse buyers, the same planning can support stronger local services and additional housing supply around the centre. The issue is therefore not whether density is good or bad but whether the buyer understands the likely character of the immediate precinct.

The Magic Mile is a major property and employment environment along the Ipswich Road side. Automotive, showroom, service and industrial uses create a broad commercial landscape that is physically distinct from Moorooka’s traditional housing streets.

The adopted plan divides this area into several employment and mixed-use sub-precincts, reflecting its long-term role as more than one strip of car dealerships. Employment renewal and mixed use can change building form over time while the core employment function remains significant.

Residential property beside these areas should be assessed for noise, lighting, heavy-vehicle movements and operating patterns. A townhouse on Muriel Avenue can have excellent regional road access but a more employment-oriented outlook than a house near Moorooka State School.

The industrial side also provides local jobs. Automotive services, trade businesses, warehousing and employment through neighbouring Rocklea, Salisbury and Archerfield can create short commutes for residents who do not work in the CBD.

Rocklea Markets and the broader Rocklea industrial district sit immediately nearby and are important employment anchors. Moorooka therefore works particularly well for households with one city commuter and another person employed in southern industrial, trade or logistics areas.

Ipswich Road provides direct access north toward Annerley and the inner city and south toward Rocklea and the Ipswich Motorway network. Beaudesert Road provides another north-south corridor toward Annerley and Woolloongabba and south toward Salisbury and Acacia Ridge.

This gives Moorooka two major arterial relationships rather than forcing all traffic onto one road. The trade-off is that properties close to these corridors experience substantially more traffic than elevated local streets.

Hamilton Road and Mayfield Road provide important east-west connections, while Muriel Avenue links the Rocklea side. Smaller streets remain highly residential and can feel surprisingly quiet given the suburb’s proximity to major roads.

Moorooka railway station anchors the rail corridor. The station is being comprehensively rebuilt for full accessibility, reinforcing rail as a durable transport feature of the suburb. The railway’s long-term value is particularly strong for residents west and south-west of the Beaudesert Road ridge.

The rail line also brings freight and passenger movement through the industrial corridor, so immediate railway-side property should be inspected for acoustic conditions. Houses several streets away can retain practical station access with much greater separation.

Bus travel is particularly useful along Beaudesert Road and the main connecting roads. The corridor provides direct access toward inner Brisbane and major transport interchanges without requiring every resident to reach the railway first.

This creates a useful transport division. Centre-side and eastern residents may find buses more convenient, while station-side households can prioritise rail. Car commuters toward Rocklea and southern employment may value Ipswich Road more than either public-transport option.

Walking works best around the Moorvale centre, school and nearby units. The traditional street grid gives residents multiple route choices, although Beaudesert Road remains a significant road crossing.

The adopted neighbourhood plan specifically seeks to improve walkability between homes, employment areas, public transport and the centre. The durable property implication is that Moorooka’s planning direction recognises pedestrian access as a core part of future local development rather than treating every trip as vehicle based.

Cycling opportunities vary. Quiet residential streets can provide useful local routes, while major arterials are more challenging. Toohey Forest provides off-road riding and walking trails for recreation, while surrounding bikeway networks connect toward Yeronga, Tarragindi and inner-southern destinations.

Topography has a significant influence. Clifton Hill and Beverley Hill streets gain elevation but require more climbing for walking or cycling. Lower station and Muriel Avenue areas are flatter but have more interaction with rail, employment and floodplain environments.

This topographic transition also changes stormwater. Elevated sites can still experience overland flow or retaining issues but are generally different from properties close to Rocky Waterholes Creek and lower drainage corridors.

Council’s severe-weather system specifically monitors Rocky Waterholes around Moorooka, Rocklea and Salisbury, including Muriel Avenue. This confirms that the southern and western side belongs to a meaningful creek catchment rather than merely having isolated low points.

Current FloodWise information should be checked for the actual property. A buyer needs to distinguish creek flooding, overland flow and local drainage, and should also consider whether ordinary road access passes through lower land even if the house sits outside mapped inundation.

Townhouse complexes deserve particular attention because common driveways, retaining, visitor parking and ground-level services can be affected differently from an individual residence. Body corporate insurance and previous flood or drainage records are useful parts of due diligence.

A raised traditional house should similarly be assessed level by level. Principal living can sit well above the ground while garages, laundries, storage or lower bedrooms have another risk profile.

Moorooka’s property market is consequently more layered than a simple inner-south character-suburb description suggests. Clifton Hill is an elevated prestige and character market. The Moorooka State School and Vale Street side combines traditional houses with growing attached housing. Beaudesert Road provides a mature commercial and transport centre. The railway side prioritises rail and employment access. Muriel Avenue and the Rocklea edge contain substantial townhouse stock and a stronger creek and industrial context.

Those pockets can appeal to very different households. A family wanting an 800-square-metre Queenslander and views can prioritise Clifton Hill. A buyer wanting a 405-square-metre modern house can target the established infill market. A downsizer can choose a two-bedroom unit near shops, while a family wanting lower maintenance can choose a three-bedroom townhouse. Moorooka’s strength is the ability to access all of these housing forms within a well-connected inner-southern location.

Lifestyle

Day-to-day life in Moorooka varies considerably by pocket because the suburb combines elevated residential streets, a traditional shopping centre, rail, schools, bushland, townhouses and a major employment interface within a relatively compact area. Residents can live in a renovated Queenslander with views toward Toohey Forest, a post-war family house with a large backyard, a unit within walking distance of Beaudesert Road or a townhouse close to the Rocklea employment corridor and still share the same broader inner-southern location.

The established detached-house lifestyle is particularly strong through Clifton Hill, Goodwin Terrace, Beverley Hill Street, Waterlot Street, Longueval Street, Homestead Street, Kine Street and surrounding roads. Larger blocks allow residents to maintain gardens, pools and multiple outdoor zones while remaining much closer to central Brisbane than a typical outer-suburban large-block estate.

Approximately 607 square metres provides a practical balance. A family can have a four or five-bedroom home, covered entertaining, pool and meaningful lawn without the extensive maintenance associated with very large land.

Traditional Queenslanders make particularly effective use of this scale. Elevated living creates shade and ventilation, while the lower level can provide garage, storage and flexible rooms. The rear of the house often opens to a large deck overlooking the backyard, giving the property a strong relationship between indoor and outdoor living.

The best renovations retain that relationship rather than simply maximising floor area. Kitchens and family rooms open toward decks, pools and gardens, while traditional front rooms remain quieter bedrooms, sitting rooms or offices.

Post-war homes provide another family lifestyle. Their floor plans are generally simpler, and a three-bedroom house can sit within a much larger garden than a contemporary residence. Owners can renovate gradually rather than needing to complete a major character restoration project.

On 700 to 800-square-metre land, private recreation becomes particularly generous. Pools can coexist with lawn, vegetable gardens, sheds and children’s play areas rather than becoming the entire backyard.

Large side access is another lifestyle advantage. Boats, trailers, caravans and work vehicles can be stored away from the principal garage on selected properties, which is difficult to reproduce on the compact new-build market.

The elevated Clifton Hill environment provides additional privacy and outlook. Upper-level living can capture district views and breezes, while mature vegetation gives streets a more established atmosphere than recently developed suburbs.

Slope introduces practical trade-offs. A terraced garden can create several attractive outdoor zones, but mowing, retaining and access are different from a level suburban backyard. Families wanting flat lawn should inspect the actual land rather than assuming a larger elevated block automatically provides it.

Goodwin Terrace properties backing Peggs Park gain a particularly open lifestyle. The absence of an immediate residential rear neighbour increases the apparent depth of the property and gives residents direct green-space access without owning the parkland itself.

Park frontage can suit households that want outdoor space without maintaining all of it privately. Children and dog owners can use public open areas while the backyard remains available for entertaining or a pool.

The streets around Moorooka State School have a more walkable family routine. School, shops and local services can all sit within a relatively short journey, reducing the need to drive across the suburb for every daily task.

Moorooka State School itself creates a strong community focus. Families within the current catchment can use a local Prep-to-Year-6 campus with OSHC and swimming facilities and often have classmates living within surrounding streets.

The school’s enrolment management plan makes address choice relevant. Families prioritising the campus should check the current EdMap result before purchase rather than assuming that every Moorooka address falls within the zone.

Southern Moorooka demonstrates why this matters. Properties around Anson Street, John Bright Street and Muriel Avenue can fall within Rocklea State School’s primary catchment instead, while remaining within the Moorooka suburb boundary.

This changes the daily school direction. A central Moorooka household may walk or drive toward Sherley Street, while a southern household can orient toward Rocklea.

Yeronga State High School provides the main secondary-school relationship across the current property examples checked. Older students can potentially use buses, cycling or family drop-off depending on the address and school arrangements.

St Brendan’s Primary School gives Moorooka an internal Catholic primary option and brings another school community into the Hawtree Street side. Families using Catholic education can remain highly local through the primary years.

The Beaudesert Road centre provides Moorooka’s strongest everyday social and shopping environment. Woolworths allows residents to complete the full grocery shop locally, while smaller shops, cafés, restaurants and services support more frequent short visits.

This centre is particularly valuable because it functions as a traditional street-based commercial district rather than a single enclosed building. Residents walk between shops, services and public transport along Beaudesert Road and adjoining streets.

The surviving mid-century commercial architecture adds visual identity. The Hughes Centre and arcade form recognisable parts of the streetscape and distinguish Moorooka from suburban centres dominated entirely by recent large-format construction.

Living directly beside Beaudesert Road creates the most urban routine. Apartment and townhouse residents can walk for groceries and buses and may require their car less frequently for everyday errands.

Several streets of separation create a quieter compromise. Residents can still reach the centre on foot but return to streets dominated by detached houses and mature trees.

Moorooka’s dining and retail environment has a strong multicultural character created by a broad range of locally operated food and service businesses. Individual tenants change over time, but the durable lifestyle feature is a varied independent-business strip rather than dependence on one corporate shopping centre.

For residents wanting a larger retail range, Fairfield Gardens, Annerley, Garden City-side centres and Indooroopilly are all accessible through the wider inner-south road network. The local Woolworths means those centres are optional for routine groceries rather than essential weekly destinations.

Unit living around Gainsborough Street, Lyon Street, Chaucer Street and Helles Street provides another lifestyle. Residents generally have less private outdoor space but can be much closer to the centre and school.

Older two-bedroom units can provide broad living rooms and balconies and are often part of relatively small complexes. This can suit first-home buyers, singles, couples and downsizers who value internal space more than new common facilities.

The absence of lifts and shared recreation can reduce complexity but makes stairs more important. Older residents should inspect access carefully rather than assuming a low-rise building is automatically easy to navigate.

Modern units provide more bathrooms, secure parking and contemporary finishes and can better suit owner-occupiers. Larger balconies or courtyards give residents some private exterior space without the maintenance of a detached yard.

Townhouses provide a middle ground. Three-bedroom properties in Forest Street, Durack Street and other central locations can support family life with private courtyards, direct garage entry and several bathrooms.

This can be particularly practical for households that want children to have their own bedrooms but do not want to mow 600 square metres of land every weekend.

Hamilton Road townhouses can provide unusually substantial private and parking areas. Some two-bedroom properties have enough courtyard and vehicle accommodation to appeal beyond the conventional entry-level townhouse market.

Muriel Avenue complexes provide another family-oriented townhouse environment. Three-bedroom layouts and private courtyards can suit households working in Rocklea, Salisbury or surrounding employment areas and who value road access more than walking to the Moorvale centre.

Body corporate living shifts maintenance responsibility rather than eliminating it. Roofs, exterior paint, common driveways, retaining, drainage and insurance remain household costs through levies and collective decisions.

Flood and drainage history should be considered carefully in lower townhouse locations. A residence can have an attractive elevated internal floor while common driveways, gardens or local roads interact with Rocky Waterholes conditions.

Moorooka’s employment geography is a genuine lifestyle advantage for households who do not work in the CBD. Rocklea, Salisbury, Archerfield, Acacia Ridge and the Ipswich Road employment corridor provide substantial industrial, trade, logistics and commercial jobs nearby.

This can create very short commutes from southern Moorooka. A household can have one person travelling north toward the CBD and another travelling south or west toward industrial employment without either needing a long cross-city journey.

The Magic Mile and surrounding commercial areas also provide retail, automotive and trade services close to home. Their visual character is more commercial than residential, but their practical role in employment and services is substantial.

Healthcare workers are also reasonably positioned. Princess Alexandra Hospital, the Mater hospitals and the broader inner-south health precinct can be reached north through Annerley and Woolloongabba.

This location can appeal to hospital staff seeking a detached house and garden rather than an apartment in Woolloongabba or South Brisbane.

The railway adds another commuting option. Moorooka station is a durable part of the Beenleigh corridor and is being rebuilt for full accessibility, while nearby Yeerongpilly and Rocklea provide additional station choices across the district.

The strongest long-term rail lifestyle is naturally on the western and south-western side. Households can use train travel for central Brisbane while retaining access to Ipswich Road for driving elsewhere.

The Beaudesert Road side has a stronger bus relationship. Frequent bus travel toward the inner city makes it unnecessary for all public-transport users to orient toward the railway.

This gives Moorooka an effective choice between rail and bus rather than one transport mode. Household destination should determine which part of the suburb is most convenient.

Private vehicles remain important for cross-suburban travel. Detached houses generally accommodate them well, particularly on 607-square-metre and larger sites.

Under-house parking is common in raised homes and can provide two or more secure spaces without sacrificing the backyard. Large sites can add carports, detached garages or side storage for recreational vehicles.

Compact houses provide less flexibility. A modern home on 405 square metres can have a double garage but little capacity for a third vehicle or trailer once the pool and outdoor entertaining are accounted for.

Townhouse households should assess visitor parking and street conditions. A complex with one private garage per dwelling can become difficult for multi-car families even if the internal home is large.

Moorooka’s parks and bushland give residents several different recreation choices. Peggs Park provides neighbourhood open space close to Clifton Hill, while Toohey Forest provides a much larger natural environment on the eastern side.

Toohey Forest contains walking and shared trails through native bushland and connects into the broader Nathan and Mount Gravatt reserve network. Residents can access substantial bush recreation without travelling to the city fringe.

This is particularly attractive for runners, walkers and mountain-bike riders who prefer natural trails to manicured park paths. The forest also provides habitat and a strong green backdrop to elevated residential streets.

Bushland adjacency brings another ownership consideration. Properties close to substantial vegetation should be checked for current bushfire, biodiversity and vegetation overlays rather than assuming every elevated site has identical development conditions.

The lower side offers a different environmental landscape around Rocky Waterholes and the broader Oxley Creek system. Creek corridors and drainage reserves contribute green space and habitat but also shape flood planning.

Residents of appropriate properties become more aware of severe-weather access and drainage. This is a localised lifestyle consideration rather than a defining feature of every Moorooka household.

The contrast between elevated and lower Moorooka is especially apparent after major rain. Some streets are primarily concerned with ordinary stormwater management, while lower catchment properties require closer attention to creek and overland-flow information.

Working from home suits much of the detached housing. Queenslanders can provide separate front rooms or lower-level offices, while larger modern houses include studies or several living areas.

Townhouses can also work well where a third bedroom is available. The Beaudesert Road centre provides cafés and services close enough for informal meetings or breaks from home.

Moorooka’s cultural and commercial diversity contributes to a stronger local identity than a dormitory suburb. The shopping strip, schools, older housing, industrial edge and bushland each bring different groups into the same suburb.

The result is not one uniform lifestyle. Clifton Hill residents may spend weekends maintaining large gardens and walking Toohey Forest. Centre-side apartment residents can walk for groceries and buses. Muriel Avenue townhouse households can be closely tied to southern employment, while school-side families can organise much of the week around local education and shops.

For buyers, deciding how much private land is genuinely needed is one of the most useful starting points. Moorooka offers 405-square-metre compact houses, traditional 607-square-metre family property, 800-square-metre and larger holdings, units and townhouses within the same suburb.

The other major choice is immediate environment. Elevated character streets prioritise outlook and private space. Centre-side streets prioritise walkability. Railway-side housing prioritises transport. The Rocklea edge prioritises employment and regional road access. Those distinctions are far more important to daily life than a suburb-wide lifestyle description alone.

Travel

Moorooka has a strong and varied transport network built around Beaudesert Road, Ipswich Road, the Beenleigh railway corridor and several important east-west streets. Its transport geography changes by pocket: the Beaudesert Road and school-side neighbourhood has the strongest bus and shopping relationship, the railway and Ipswich Road side has the strongest long-term rail access, Clifton Hill prioritises road and bus connections from elevated residential streets and the southern edge provides particularly direct access to Rocklea, Salisbury and major employment areas.

Moorooka railway station is the suburb’s principal rail node on the Beenleigh corridor. The station precinct is undergoing a comprehensive accessibility rebuild intended to provide modern step-free access and upgraded passenger facilities, reinforcing the railway as a long-term transport asset for the suburb.

The railway is most valuable to residents on the western and south-western side, including housing around the station, Ipswich Road and connecting streets. The actual walking route should be checked because the rail line, industrial properties and major roads limit crossing points in places.

Nearby Yeerongpilly and Rocklea stations provide additional rail access across the wider district. Their relevance varies by street and temporary network arrangements, but the durable geographic point is that Moorooka sits within a rail-rich inner-south corridor rather than depending on one isolated station.

Rail proximity has a property trade-off. Houses and units immediately beside the corridor experience passenger and freight movement more directly, while properties several streets away can preserve reasonable access with less acoustic exposure.

The station-side streets should therefore be inspected during operating periods where noise is a concern. Building orientation, glazing, vegetation and the position of bedrooms can materially change the actual experience.

Beaudesert Road is the principal bus and local commercial corridor and provides a direct route through Moorooka toward Annerley and inner Brisbane to the north and Salisbury, Acacia Ridge and the broader southern district to the south.

Residents around Vale Street, Chaucer Street, Gainsborough Street, Lyon Street, Durack Street and the Moorvale centre can reach buses and shops without travelling toward the railway.

This is particularly useful to apartment and townhouse households. A resident can walk to the supermarket and public transport and may need a car primarily for cross-suburban trips rather than the CBD commute.

Direct Beaudesert Road housing and mixed-use property has a more active environment. Bus stops, traffic, commercial deliveries and pedestrian movement are part of daily life and should be treated as part of the location rather than temporary inconvenience.

Moving into parallel residential streets quickly changes the atmosphere. A house can remain within several minutes of the centre while having a predominantly residential frontage.

Ipswich Road forms the other major metropolitan corridor. It runs along the industrial and railway side and provides direct access north toward Annerley and Woolloongabba and south toward Rocklea and the Ipswich Motorway network.

This is especially useful to residents working in Rocklea, Salisbury, Archerfield and western industrial districts. A short local trip can place the household on a major arterial without first travelling through suburban shopping streets.

The road’s commercial and industrial frontage means housing nearby should be assessed for traffic noise, truck movements and driveway access. The benefit is immediate regional mobility and proximity to employment.

The Magic Mile commercial precinct sits along this broader corridor and adds substantial local business traffic. The adopted neighbourhood plan recognises separate employment and mixed-use sub-precincts through the area, so road activity and building form will continue to differ from the detached-house streets east of Beaudesert Road.

Muriel Avenue is another important southern connection and links housing with the Rocklea side, railway and industrial environment. Townhouse communities along the road benefit from direct access but experience more through movement than internal local streets.

Muriel Avenue also sits within the Rocky Waterholes monitoring area, so severe-weather access can be more relevant here than in elevated northern Moorooka. Buyers should examine both the property and usual road routes through current flood information.

Hamilton Road provides a major east-west connection through the suburb. It links the Beaudesert Road area with western residential and employment-side streets and carries more local movement than quieter residential roads.

Townhouse developments along Hamilton Road therefore gain strong access but should be compared for driveway design, traffic and visitor parking. A residence deep inside a complex can feel much quieter than one directly addressing the road.

Mayfield Road connects the centre with Toohey Forest and the eastern side. It also carries traffic toward Tarragindi and surrounding suburbs and is more active than short Clifton Hill residential streets.

The road’s role makes eastern Moorooka accessible without forcing every journey back through Beaudesert Road. It is also an important connection for residents using Toohey Forest and neighbouring education or recreation facilities.

Evans Road and surrounding southern connections provide access toward Salisbury and the industrial corridor. These routes are particularly relevant to employment rather than CBD commuting.

The suburb’s proximity to several major roads gives households useful destination choice. A CBD commuter may favour rail or Beaudesert Road buses. A Rocklea worker can use Ipswich Road. A Salisbury or Acacia Ridge worker can travel south, while a hospital employee can travel north through Annerley.

Princess Alexandra Hospital is a particularly important employment destination. Road and bus connections through Annerley and the inner south allow hospital staff to live in a detached-house suburb without a long outer-metropolitan commute.

The Mater and Queensland Children’s Hospital precincts are also accessible north toward South Brisbane, while the Boggo Road health, research and education area sits within the broader inner-south transport network.

The CBD remains relatively close in metropolitan terms, but actual travel time varies according to mode and peak traffic. Rail and buses can reduce reliance on congested arterial driving for regular city workers.

Rocklea is one of Moorooka’s strongest non-CBD employment relationships. Brisbane Markets, industrial businesses, wholesale operations and logistics employment sit immediately to the south-west.

Salisbury adds further industrial, technology and trade employment, while Archerfield and Acacia Ridge extend the southern employment corridor. Moorooka therefore suits households whose work is concentrated in Brisbane’s southern industrial economy as well as professional city commuters.

Griffith University’s Nathan campus is another major nearby destination. Road and bus connections through Salisbury, Nathan and Toohey Forest make the university relevant to staff and students living in eastern and southern Moorooka.

The University of Queensland is less directly connected because of the Brisbane River but remains accessible through Yeronga, Fairfield and surrounding bus and cycling networks. Moorooka’s education geography is therefore broader than its immediate school catchments.

Airport travel is less direct than from Brisbane’s northside but practical through the tunnel and motorway network. Residents generally connect through inner-southern arterials toward Airport Link or Gateway routes depending on traffic.

Regional southbound travel can use the Pacific Motorway through surrounding connections, while western journeys reach the Ipswich Motorway through Rocklea. Moorooka does not have motorway frontage through its main residential streets, preserving a more conventional suburban environment in most pockets.

Walking is strongest around the Moorvale centre and Moorooka State School. Traditional streets provide multiple routes and destinations are concentrated enough for groceries, school and local services to be reached on foot from surrounding housing.

Beaudesert Road remains the main pedestrian barrier because of its traffic volume. Crossing locations and the exact side of the centre can therefore influence how comfortable a nominally short walk feels.

The adopted neighbourhood plan places increased emphasis on walkability between residential, commercial, employment and transport areas. This is particularly relevant around the shopping centre and railway corridor, where land-use intensity is higher than in Clifton Hill.

Clifton Hill has a different walking environment. Streets can be attractive and leafy but elevation introduces more sustained gradients. A trip downhill toward shops is naturally easier than the return walk.

This can matter to older residents and families with prams. A property only a short distance from the centre on a map may feel substantially less walkable if the route climbs steeply.

Cycling has similar topographic differences. Flatter railway and southern streets are easier for everyday cycling, while elevated roads require more effort.

Electric bicycles can reduce the effect of hills and make centre or rail trips practical from a larger part of Moorooka.

Toohey Forest provides off-road recreation cycling and shared trails. These are primarily recreational rather than direct CBD commuter infrastructure but add substantially to local active recreation.

Connections through Yeronga and Fairfield broaden the cycling network toward the Brisbane River and inner city. Route quality varies and riders should plan around major arterial crossings.

School travel is relatively local for much of the suburb. Moorooka State School is centrally positioned and can be reached by walking or short driving journeys from many in-catchment addresses.

The Rocklea State School catchment across the southern edge changes this pattern. Families around Anson Street, John Bright Street and Muriel Avenue can have a school journey oriented toward Rocklea rather than central Moorooka.

Yeronga State High School creates a north-western secondary-school journey from much of the suburb. Older students can use buses or cycling depending on the exact address and current school transport arrangements.

St Brendan’s Primary School provides another highly local journey from the Hawtree Street side. Families using the school can combine drop-off with Beaudesert Road shopping.

Private vehicles remain important because Moorooka’s employment and school destinations are multi-directional. Detached houses generally have good parking compared with denser inner suburbs.

Traditional highset houses can provide parking beneath the dwelling. This allows two or more cars to be stored without using large sections of the backyard.

Approximately 607-square-metre property commonly has enough driveway and side area for additional vehicles. Larger 800-square-metre holdings can accommodate trailers, boats or workshops more easily.

Compact 405-square-metre houses rely much more heavily on integrated garage design. A double garage may occupy much of the front building width and leave little room for a third vehicle.

Townhouses vary substantially. Some Hamilton Road properties provide two or more car spaces, while smaller developments may have only one garage and limited visitor capacity.

Muriel Avenue’s larger complexes generally provide formal internal roads and visitor parking, but household vehicle needs should still be checked against the actual title allocation and body corporate rules.

Apartment parking ranges from older single garages to secure contemporary spaces. Two-car parking can be a significant differentiator for larger two-bedroom units because cross-suburban transport remains important even when buses are nearby.

Street parking can become tighter around Moorooka State School, unit concentrations and the Beaudesert Road centre. Buyers relying on kerb parking should inspect during school and business periods rather than only on quiet weekends.

Industrial and commercial streets have another parking pattern, with daytime business use and larger vehicles. Residential property beside employment land should be inspected during weekday operating hours.

Flood conditions can also affect transport. Rocky Waterholes and associated drainage systems influence parts of the southern and western road network.

A house outside mapped inundation can still depend on a lower road or driveway. Due diligence should therefore include ordinary access toward Beaudesert Road, Ipswich Road or the railway as well as the residence itself.

Overland flow can create highly localised conditions independently of creek flooding. Driveway fall, street drainage and retaining are relevant even on elevated land.

The suburb’s strong topographic variation means blanket transport descriptions are particularly misleading. Clifton Hill residents have excellent road proximity but hills. Centre residents have the best buses and walking. Station-side property has the strongest rail relationship, while Muriel Avenue and Rocklea-edge housing provide direct industrial and arterial access.

For buyers, the most useful transport comparison starts with the household’s actual destinations. Moorooka supports CBD rail and bus commuting, short hospital trips, university access and very short industrial-area commutes, but different streets optimise different journeys.

Schools & Amenities

Moorooka has a substantial internal amenity base centred on Moorooka State School, St Brendan’s Primary School, the Beaudesert Road shopping precinct, local medical and professional services, parks and the suburb’s long-term railway corridor, while larger recreation, secondary education, hospitals and regional shopping are distributed through Yeronga, Annerley, Fairfield, Nathan, Rocklea and surrounding inner-southern suburbs. The amenity pattern changes significantly between the elevated residential side, the Moorvale centre and the Rocklea interface, making micro-location important to everyday convenience.

Moorooka State School is physically within the suburb and provides government primary education from Prep to Year 6. The school operates under an enrolment management plan and prioritises students whose principal residential address falls within the defined catchment.

The school also has a swimming pool, out-of-school-hours care and a special education program, giving it a broader local role than classroom education alone. Its established campus is a major part of the residential environment around Sherley Street and nearby family streets.

The current catchment includes substantial central, northern and eastern parts of Moorooka, but the suburb boundary and school boundary are not identical. Families should use current EdMap data for the specific property rather than assuming a Moorooka postal address guarantees eligibility.

The southern and south-western side demonstrates this clearly. Current property-level mapping places addresses around Anson Street, John Bright Street and Muriel Avenue within Rocklea State School’s primary catchment rather than Moorooka State School.

This is a meaningful property distinction because those streets remain part of Moorooka for every other administrative and market purpose. Buyers prioritising a government primary school need to establish the exact boundary before comparing otherwise similar houses or townhouses.

Rocklea State School is physically in neighbouring Rocklea. Its proximity makes the school journey practical from southern Moorooka even though the campus sits outside the suburb.

Yeronga State High School is the principal government secondary school associated with the Moorooka addresses checked and provides education from Year 7 to Year 12. The campus is physically in neighbouring Yeronga.

Current property evidence from Homestead Street, Vale Street, Kiltie Street, Anson Street, John Bright Street and Muriel Avenue identifies Yeronga State High School as the government secondary catchment. Current EdMap confirmation remains appropriate for an individual purchase.

St Brendan’s Primary School is physically located within Moorooka and provides Catholic education from Prep to Year 6. Its Hawtree Street location places it close to the Beaudesert Road centre and established residential neighbourhoods.

The school provides a genuine local non-government primary option rather than requiring every Catholic-school household to travel to Yeronga, Annerley or Salisbury. Admission follows the school’s own policies rather than state-school catchment rules.

Nearby Catholic education includes St Sebastian’s Primary School in Yeronga, Mary Immaculate Primary School and Our Lady’s College in Annerley and St Pius X School in Salisbury. These provide several education directions within the wider inner-south.

Independent school options broaden farther through South Brisbane, Indooroopilly and surrounding districts, while Griffith University’s Nathan campus provides a major tertiary education destination nearby.

Moorooka’s Beaudesert Road centre is the principal everyday shopping and service precinct and is specifically recognised within the adopted Nathan-Salisbury-Moorooka Neighbourhood Plan as the Moorvale shopping centre precinct.

Woolworths provides full supermarket shopping within the suburb and anchors the local grocery market. Residents therefore do not need to travel to Fairfield, Annerley or a regional centre for routine weekly food shopping.

The surrounding shopping strip includes cafés, restaurants, takeaway food, professional services, medical and personal services and smaller specialist businesses. Individual tenancies change, but the durable feature is the concentration of everyday commerce along a traditional walkable street centre.

The Hughes Centre is a recognised heritage commercial building within the heart of the shopping area and contributes strongly to the centre’s post-war architectural identity.

Moorooka’s historic shopping arcade is also now protected as a local heritage place. The arcade provides another durable element of the mid-century commercial streetscape and reflects the distinctive form of the Moorvale centre.

These heritage buildings do not prevent the centre from functioning as a contemporary shopping area. Their significance is that Moorooka combines current retail with an established built identity rather than relying entirely on standard recent shopping-centre architecture.

Centre-side residents have particularly strong pedestrian access. Vale Street, Gainsborough Street, Lyon Street, Chaucer Street, Durack Street, Hawtree Street and nearby housing can place the supermarket, cafés and buses within a manageable walk.

Attached housing benefits especially from this. Unit and townhouse households generally have less storage and private land but can reach groceries and services without using a vehicle for every trip.

Fairfield Gardens provides another substantial shopping centre nearby in Fairfield and adds supermarkets, pharmacy, medical and specialty retail. It is particularly convenient from the Yeronga side and for households already travelling north-west.

Annerley provides another established shopping and dining strip to the north, while Salisbury has its own supermarket and service precinct to the south-east.

Larger comparison shopping can be undertaken at Westfield Mt Gravatt, Indooroopilly Shopping Centre and other regional destinations according to household travel patterns. Moorooka’s own supermarket makes these regional centres optional for specialised purchases rather than daily necessities.

Healthcare is distributed between the local centre and the broader inner-south. General practices, pharmacy, dental and allied-health services operate locally or nearby through Moorooka, Yeronga, Fairfield and Annerley.

Princess Alexandra Hospital is one of the closest major public hospital and employment precincts and can be reached through the Annerley and inner-south road and bus network.

The Mater hospitals and Queensland Children’s Hospital provide further major services toward South Brisbane. This gives Moorooka relatively direct access to some of Queensland’s largest health precincts without locating residents within high-density hospital-side suburbs.

Toohey Forest is one of Moorooka’s strongest natural recreation amenities. The broader forest park covers about 260 hectares and supports walking, running and shared trails through native eucalypt bushland.

Parts of the heritage-listed forest property extend into Moorooka and the eastern residential side has a close visual and practical relationship with the reserve. Houses around Clifton Hill and Mayfield Road can gain especially convenient bushland access.

The forest provides a very different recreation environment from formal suburban parks. Residents can undertake longer walks and off-road cycling within a substantial natural reserve rather than simply using a playground or sports field.

Toohey Forest also connects into the Mount Gravatt reserve network, extending the potential walking and trail environment beyond one isolated park.

Bushland proximity can increase the relevance of bushfire, biodiversity and vegetation overlays on selected properties. Buyers should use current City Plan mapping rather than assuming every eastern Moorooka house has the same environmental controls.

Peggs Park provides more conventional local open space. Properties backing or close to the park can gain an open green outlook and immediate access to recreation without the terrain and bushland characteristics of Toohey Forest.

Smaller local parks and playgrounds are distributed through residential streets and support ordinary family recreation close to home.

Yeronga Memorial Park and surrounding sporting facilities provide larger organised-sport options nearby, while Yeronga Park Pool adds a public swimming facility within the broader local district.

The proximity of schools, parks and shops means many central households can keep children’s routine activities relatively local rather than travelling to different outer suburbs for each service.

Rocklea and the southern side provide another amenity set focused more strongly on employment. Brisbane Markets, wholesale businesses, trade services and industrial employers sit immediately beyond Moorooka and create substantial job opportunities close to home.

The Magic Mile within Moorooka itself adds automotive, commercial and service businesses along the Ipswich Road side. The adopted neighbourhood plan maintains a strong employment function while introducing different renewal and mixed-use precincts within the broader corridor.

This creates a practical jobs-and-services environment but should be distinguished from residential amenity. Houses beside employment land can experience more daytime activity, lighting and vehicle movement than the school or Clifton Hill side.

The adopted Nathan-Salisbury-Moorooka Neighbourhood Plan is one of the most important current property-planning references. It took effect as part of Brisbane City Plan and establishes specific Moorooka precincts rather than relying on the former broader neighbourhood planning approach.

The plan recognises the Clifton Hill War Service Homes Estate, Moorvale shopping centre, Magic Mile, employment-core and frame areas, mixed-use areas, heritage renewal and residential renewal.

For buyers, this means a parcel’s immediate precinct matters. A large house block within a protected character environment should not be compared to similarly sized land within a renewal or mixed-use area as though both have identical future options.

Traditional building character and heritage mapping add another layer. Moorooka retains substantial pre-war and early post-war housing, and current overlays can influence demolition, extensions and redevelopment.

The local heritage amendment has also added protections to specific Moorooka places, reinforcing the need to use current City Plan data rather than older suburb profiles when considering development potential.

The planning framework also seeks to protect Toohey Forest and creek-corridor biodiversity. Natural land should therefore not be viewed simply as undeveloped space waiting for residential use.

Rocky Waterholes Creek is the major flood and drainage system relevant to the lower Moorooka, Rocklea and Salisbury area. Brisbane City Council’s severe-weather monitoring specifically identifies Moorooka and a gauge around Muriel Avenue within this catchment.

The creek system is most relevant to southern and western property rather than the elevated parts of the suburb. Flood context therefore changes dramatically between micro-locations.

Current FloodWise and City Plan information should be checked for the specific address. Buyers should distinguish creek flooding, overland flow and local stormwater conditions because they can affect different areas of the same title.

Townhouse complexes around Muriel Avenue deserve particular attention to common-driveway, retaining and drainage arrangements. An individual townhouse may sit above mapped water while shared access and common property have a different profile.

Traditional raised houses should be considered in the same way. Principal living can be elevated, while garage, storage and lower rooms remain separate issues.

Insurance should be researched for the actual property because building construction, elevation and insurer modelling can produce different terms between nearby houses.

Moorooka railway station remains a major long-term transport amenity and is being rebuilt to provide accessible station infrastructure. The railway places the suburb within the Beenleigh corridor and supports CBD and inner-south travel.

Nearby Yeerongpilly and Rocklea stations provide further rail access across the surrounding district, while Beaudesert Road buses give centre-side residents another strong public-transport option.

This multi-modal transport is particularly useful because Moorooka’s jobs and amenities are not all located in one direction. City workers can travel north, industrial workers south or west and university and hospital employees east or north-east.

The suburb’s amenities consequently divide into several practical clusters. Clifton Hill and the eastern side have the strongest Toohey Forest, views and larger-house relationship. The school and Moorvale centre provide primary education, supermarket shopping and bus access. The station side prioritises rail, while the Rocklea interface prioritises industrial employment and regional road access.

For property buyers, Moorooka’s amenity value lies in the ability to choose among these environments while remaining close to the same inner-southern employment, education and transport network. A detached family home, contemporary townhouse or apartment can each make sense here, but the most useful local facilities and due-diligence issues change with the street.

Local Schools

Moorooka State School
Distance: 0.11 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 558
Sherley Street, Moorooka
Phone: (07) 3426 5333
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St Brendan's Primary School (Moorooka)
Distance: 0.57 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 77
Hawtree Street, Moorooka
Phone: (07) 3275 2081
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Rocklea State School
Distance: 1.80 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 69
19 Elmes Road, Rocklea
Phone: (07) 3276 5333
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Yeronga State School
Distance: 1.81 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Early Childhood – Year 6
Students: 741
122 Park Road, Yeronga
Phone: (07) 3426 0333
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Yeronga State High School
Distance: 1.92 km
State High School
Sector: State
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 1,020
159 Villa Street, Yeronga
Phone: (07) 3249 1400
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Mary Immaculate Primary School (Annerley)
Distance: 2.18 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 78
616 Ipswich Road, Annerley
Phone: (07) 3848 8965
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Millenba
Distance: 2.23 km
Specific Purpose School
Sector: State
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 35
22 Lofter Street, Tennyson
Phone: (07) 3373 3344
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Salisbury State School
Distance: 2.24 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 307
19 Cripps Street, Salisbury
Phone: (07) 3717 4888
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Our Lady's College (Annerley)
Distance: 2.25 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 318
15 Chester Road, Annerley
Phone: (07) 3426 8000
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Wellers Hill State School
Distance: 2.42 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 762
190 Toohey Road, Tarragindi
Phone: (07) 3249 1333
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St Elizabeth's School (Tarragindi)
Distance: 2.46 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 344
55 Effingham Street, Tarragindi
Phone: (07) 3848 0828
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St Sebastian's Primary School (Yeronga)
Distance: 2.67 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 147
141 Kadumba Street, Yeronga
Phone: (07) 3848 2779
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St Pius X School (Salisbury)
Distance: 2.89 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 172
73 Golda Avenue, Salisbury
Phone: (07) 3274 1705
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Brisbane Christian College (Golda Ave - Salisbury)
Distance: 2.96 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Prep Year – Year 5
Students: 502
109 Golda Avenue, Salisbury
Phone: (07) 3719 3111
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Junction Park State School
Distance: 2.97 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 470
50 Waldheim Street, Annerley
Phone: (07) 3426 4333
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