South Toowoomba Suburb Profile and Insights

Detailed Insights

South Toowoomba sits directly against the southern edge of Toowoomba’s central business district and contains one of the city’s broadest mixtures of residential architecture, land sizes and urban uses. Toowoomba City lies immediately north, East Toowoomba to the north-east, Rangeville to the east, Centenary Heights to the south-east, Kearneys Spring to the south, Harristown to the west and south-west and Newtown to the north-west. These adjoining suburbs are physically close enough that schools, parks, hospitals and shopping routinely cross suburb boundaries in everyday use.

The modern suburb is structured around several major streets rather than one estate plan. Ruthven Street carries the New England Highway north-south through the middle, James Street forms part of the northern inner-city edge, Hume Street runs parallel through the eastern side and South Street crosses the suburb from Harristown towards Rangeville. Geddes Street, Long Street, Perth Street, Ramsay Street, Haig Street, Alderley Street, Louisa Street, Loudon Street, Grey Street, McCook Street and numerous smaller roads create the residential grid between them.

This street pattern developed incrementally over more than a century. South Toowoomba therefore lacks the consistency of a planned suburban estate. A street can contain an early timber cottage, a 1940s weatherboard house, a 1960s brick home, a renovated Queenslander, a duplex and a modern townhouse development within a short distance.

The oldest housing is concentrated especially strongly through the northern and north-eastern residential streets close to the CBD. Geddes Street provides a clear cross-section. Representative houses date from around 1912, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950 and 1960, with land ranging from compact sites a little above 300 square metres through approximately 430, 500, 590, 700 and 860 square metres.

A renovated 1910s or 1920s Geddes Street house can retain traditional weatherboard or chamferboard cladding, high ceilings, timber floors, VJ walls, leadlight glazing, verandahs or enclosed sleepouts while incorporating modern kitchens, bathrooms and rear entertaining areas. Other properties are much simpler post-war houses where the value lies strongly in the block, location and renovation potential rather than elaborate original detail.

Land size matters substantially in this environment. A 430-square-metre character block can provide only a modest rear garden once a garage and deck are included, while an 800 or 860-square-metre holding can support a large family extension, shed, pool or several vehicle spaces without eliminating the yard. The age of the house alone therefore says little about the practical scale of the property.

Small subdivided sites also occur among older houses. Representative Geddes Street property around 314 square metres demonstrates that compact freehold housing is not limited to new estates on Toowoomba’s fringe. These small inner-city blocks can appeal to households wanting a detached house and garden without maintaining a large traditional allotment.

Townhouse development has become increasingly visible along the same corridor. A complex at Geddes Street contains three-bedroom townhouses with compact private land and shared access, while other projects introduce two and three-bedroom low-maintenance housing between established detached homes.

The difference in ownership is substantial. A freehold character house gives the owner responsibility for the entire building, roof, fencing and garden and greater freedom to alter the property subject to planning and building controls. A townhouse owner generally maintains a much smaller private courtyard while contributing to body corporate costs for common driveways, landscaping, insurance and shared infrastructure.

Long Street contains another broad layer of traditional housing. Two, three and four-bedroom houses from the mid-twentieth century are prominent, with representative land around 530, 600 and 720 square metres and individual holdings well above 1,000 square metres.

A 1950s three-bedroom house on about 720 square metres typically occupies a modest footprint and can retain a substantial rear garden, detached garage or workshop. A larger Long Street property above 1,100 square metres can provide a very different form of inner-city ownership, with enough land for extensive landscaping, multiple outdoor areas and several vehicles.

Some larger Long Street properties remain across more than one title or retain older cadastral configurations. These situations can create redevelopment interest, but the existence of multiple lots does not itself establish that new dwellings or subdivision can proceed without further approvals, servicing and planning assessment.

Character is especially strong where weatherboard houses remain behind mature gardens and picket or low fences. Modern renovation has often added rear decks, studies, ensuites, butler’s pantries and larger kitchens while retaining the original front rooms and street appearance.

Perth Street contains another important mix of early and mid-century housing. Traditional timber houses with high ceilings, polished boards, bay windows, VJ walls and ornate ceilings remain, together with more straightforward post-war homes and selective infill. Representative land around 500 to 700 square metres provides enough space for sheds and outdoor areas without the maintenance of a quarter-acre block.

Renovated Perth Street houses can now include heated pools, large covered entertaining, powered sheds and substantial solar systems while retaining their older external character. This illustrates a common South Toowoomba pattern: the house presents as a traditional cottage or Queenslander from the street while the rear of the property has been extensively rebuilt for contemporary family living.

Corner sites can be particularly useful. Secondary street access can improve vehicle movement and shed access, especially where the original house occupies much of the primary frontage. The practical value depends on existing crossovers, fencing, street conditions and council requirements rather than simply having two street boundaries.

Louisa Street, Loudon Street and nearby roads contain another mix of character homes and infill. Large decks, fireplaces, timber floors and older street façades sit beside contemporary duplexes and semi-detached housing. A modern three-bedroom duplex can provide two bathrooms and significant garaging on a fraction of the private land associated with the traditional houses around it.

Duplex property deserves to be separated from townhouse ownership. A duplex may comprise two dwellings on one property or separately titled attached homes, with different insurance, maintenance and body corporate arrangements depending on the development. Buyers should establish the exact title structure rather than assuming all attached housing carries the same obligations.

Haig Street has become one of the clearest medium-density and redevelopment corridors. Traditional houses remain on blocks around 500 square metres and larger, while substantial holdings above 1,100 or 1,200 square metres provide clear evidence of the larger historic subdivision pattern.

Some Haig Street holdings occupy two titles, providing land above 1,200 square metres while retaining a single established house. These properties can deliver exceptional garden and shed space close to the CBD, but they also attract redevelopment interest because surrounding streets already contain villas and townhouses.

Current townhouse property on Haig Street includes three-bedroom, two-bathroom homes with double garages and private land around 160 to 240 square metres. These residences provide internal accommodation comparable with many detached houses while reducing outdoor maintenance dramatically.

The trade-off is reduced flexibility. A townhouse courtyard cannot normally accommodate the pool, large powered shed, caravan or extensive garden possible on a 1,000-square-metre freehold property. Visitor parking and external alterations can also be controlled through body corporate rules.

McCook Street, Ramsay Street and Grey Street contribute further attached housing. Recent sales demonstrate two and three-bedroom townhouses and units with modern bathrooms, integrated garages and compact private gardens. This housing broadens the suburb’s appeal to downsizers, professional households and investors who prioritise proximity over land.

Ramsay Street sits closer to the Centenary Heights and Rangeville side and has a stronger relationship with schools, shops and services to the south-east. Townhouse projects here are part of a wider low-medium-density pattern rather than an isolated inner-city complex.

Grey Street is particularly convenient to the hospital and City Golf Club side. Modern townhouses can provide two bedrooms, two bathrooms and private fenced courtyards within walking distance of major health employment and recreation. This is a very different proposition from a large character house only a few streets away.

South Street is one of the suburb’s most important residential and recreation edges. The road runs along the northern side of City Golf Club and Gold Park and contains houses ranging from modest older homes to substantial traditional blocks and townhouse or dual-occupancy development.

Representative detached property includes sites around 750 square metres through more than 1,600 square metres. A large South Street block can carry an established family house, several garages, broad garden and direct relationship with sporting or golf-course open space rather than another line of houses.

Development potential has been promoted on some South Street land because sections fall within low-medium-density residential planning areas. The existence of suitable zoning still does not establish a guaranteed development outcome. Site frontage, access, sewer and stormwater infrastructure, neighbourhood character, adjoining uses and council assessment remain relevant.

Some South Street property backs directly towards Gold Park or City Golf Club land. This can give houses a much more open outlook than ordinary suburban blocks and reduce rear residential neighbours, although organised sport, golf activity and facility maintenance form part of the setting.

Alderley Street runs along another important recreation edge. Houses near City Golf Club can overlook fairways or parkland, and representative sites around 680 to more than 900 square metres provide substantial traditional land.

Golf-course-facing houses can gain broad green views that make a standard suburban block feel larger. The land beyond the fence remains part of an active golf facility, so maintenance equipment, players and club activity should be understood as part of the outlook rather than treating it as private parkland.

Binns Street provides another strong golf relationship. Renovated four-bedroom houses on sites around 600 square metres can enjoy direct course access or uninterrupted course views while remaining close to Ruthven Street and the CBD.

City Golf Club occupies a major landholding within South Toowoomba and has operated from its current district for decades. The course, clubhouse, driving-range and mini-golf facilities create a large recreational landscape that limits continuous residential development across part of the suburb.

Gold Park on Hume Street provides another major open-space break. Council fields support rugby league, rugby union and Oztag, and Southern Suburbs Junior Rugby League uses the grounds. The facility attracts regular training and competition rather than functioning as a quiet neighbourhood reserve.

Properties near Gold Park gain immediate access to organised sport and open land while experiencing more activity on training nights and weekends. Street parking and vehicle movements can be stronger during fixtures than on ordinary residential days.

Ruthven Street is fundamentally different from these quieter residential pockets. It carries a major section of the New England Highway and includes retail, restaurants, automotive uses, medical services, educational facilities, professional premises and surviving houses.

Residential property directly on Ruthven Street can have traditional land above 800 square metres and substantial character architecture, but access and noise need to be considered alongside the convenience. A driveway entering a high-volume arterial operates differently from one on a minor residential street.

Some sites along Ruthven Street have already moved towards commercial, community or medium-density uses. Council development records show continuing redevelopment and building-format community-title activity, reflecting the road’s higher-intensity planning context.

The character of Ruthven Street also changes southward. The avenue of jacarandas between South Street and Alderley Street was planted to commemorate the 1937 coronation and remains one of the corridor’s recognisable landscape elements. Mature street trees soften what is otherwise a heavily trafficked urban road.

James Street forms the northern boundary and carries the Warrego Highway across central Toowoomba. The intersection with Ruthven Street is one of the city’s most significant road junctions, creating a far more active environment than the residential streets immediately to the south.

The former Toowoomba South State School site sits within this inner-city precinct. The school has a complicated history extending back to Toowoomba’s early education system and closed in 2013. Its principal surviving buildings are heritage listed, and the site is now used by the Diocese of Toowoomba Catholic Schools for administration and related educational functions.

St Patrick’s Cathedral and the St Saviour’s education precinct sit nearby, creating a major concentration of church and education uses around James, Neil, Lawrence and Ruthven streets. Houses close to this precinct have a particularly urban inner-city setting rather than a purely residential suburban one.

St Saviour’s Primary School provides Catholic Prep to Year 6 education within South Toowoomba, while St Saviour’s College provides Catholic secondary education for girls. School-day vehicle and pedestrian activity is correspondingly noticeable through surrounding streets.

Toowoomba Hospital occupies the Pechey Street health precinct on the north-western side of the locality and remains one of the city’s largest employment and service destinations. Hospital shifts, patient appointments, visitors and specialist health businesses generate sustained movement around Pechey Street, West Street and the northern part of South Toowoomba.

Clewley Park sits beside the hospital and West Creek immediately around the northern boundary area. The park uses creek and detention infrastructure as part of its landscape and includes a pond, gardens, playground, barbecue areas, paths, parkour equipment and broad open areas.

Newington Park on the corner of West and Stephen streets is another historically significant open space within South Toowoomba. The site formed part of Toowoomba’s early water-supply infrastructure after council acquired the land during the nineteenth century. It now functions as parkland rather than utility infrastructure.

West Creek is the main environmental and flood feature through the western and north-western side. The creek has been extensively modified and upgraded as part of Toowoomba’s flood-mitigation network, including detention and channel works after the severe 2011 floods.

This does not make all South Toowoomba property flood affected. Many houses occupy land well away from mapped creek hazards, and representative properties across much of Geddes, Long, Perth, Haig and southern Ruthven streets sit on ordinary residential terrain. Lower sites close to creek corridors, major drains or identified overland-flow paths can have materially different conditions.

Flood assessment should separate the house from the rest of the title. A dwelling may sit outside a mapped hazard while a rear yard or driveway carries an overland-flow path. Infill development can also alter the importance of stormwater because adding roof and driveway area increases the amount of impervious surface on an already urbanised site.

Topography generally rises from the West Creek side towards East Toowoomba, Rangeville and Centenary Heights. The gradient is modest through most of the suburb, which helps explain the prevalence of single-level and lightly elevated houses rather than the steep split-level construction found on parts of Toowoomba’s escarpment.

Some eastern streets still have enough elevation to gain wider district outlooks. The relationship becomes strongest close to Rangeville and the higher parts of South Street, Long Street and Ramsay Street. Driveway slope and retaining can become more relevant on these sites.

The dominant traditional house types are timber weatherboard, chamferboard and Queenslander-influenced dwellings together with post-war brick and masonry houses. Corrugated metal roofing remains common on older timber houses, while tiled roofs are prominent through 1950s and 1960s brick construction.

Early houses can contain VJ walls, timber floors, high ceilings, bay windows, leadlight glass, decorative cornices, fretwork and verandahs. These details vary considerably by building and should not be assumed simply because a house is old.

Later post-war houses are generally simpler. Three-bedroom, one-bathroom floor plans were common, often with a separate lounge and kitchen-dining area rather than the large open family room expected in contemporary housing. These houses can provide exceptional land relative to floor area.

Renovation has altered much of this stock. Wall openings, rear additions and decks have created open kitchen and family areas, while second bathrooms and ensuites have been introduced where the original footprint or an extension allows.

Fireplaces remain common in character and mid-century property and have practical value in Toowoomba’s colder winters. Modern reverse-cycle air conditioning is frequently added alongside rather than replacing the traditional heating feature.

High ceilings and timber floors also contribute to the market appeal of older houses, but property condition can differ substantially. Rewiring, plumbing, roof replacement, stumps, drainage, insulation and asbestos-containing materials are more relevant to older buildings than they are to recently completed townhouses.

Sheds and vehicle access deserve particular attention. A 700 or 800-square-metre block can provide a substantial backyard yet be difficult to use for a caravan if the house sits too close to both side boundaries. Another property of similar size can have drive-through access to a large powered workshop.

Corner blocks can resolve this issue where secondary access is practical. Haig Street, Perth Street, Long Street and other grid roads contain corner properties where garages and carports can face the side street rather than competing with the principal house frontage.

Traditional lots above 1,000 square metres can provide exceptional workshop capacity for an inner suburb. Haig Street and South Street contain representative examples where a modest house occupies only part of a site above 1,100 or 1,200 square metres.

Large land also drives redevelopment pressure. A house that is perfectly functional as a family property can simultaneously sit on a site attractive for duplexes, townhouses or subdivision under the applicable planning framework. These are different property strategies and should not be confused.

The Toowoomba Regional Planning Scheme version 29, effective from July 2026, remains the operative planning instrument. Council is preparing a replacement planning scheme, but that work has not yet replaced the current statutory controls.

Low-medium-density residential zoning applies across substantial sections of South Toowoomba, particularly where proximity to the CBD and existing services supports incremental intensification. Other sites have mixed-use, community, recreation or commercial planning contexts, especially along major corridors.

Neighbourhood character and heritage controls are also relevant in the older streets. A pre-war house can contribute to a recognised streetscape even where it is not individually entered on the Queensland Heritage Register. Demolition, removal, street-facing additions and new buildings can therefore require more planning consideration than a simple vacant-lot project.

The former Toowoomba South State School and other heritage places around James Street demonstrate the stronger heritage sensitivity at the northern edge. New development around these sites needs to respond to their established significance as well as ordinary zoning requirements.

Planning potential should therefore never be inferred from block size alone. A 1,000-square-metre site can be constrained by neighbourhood character, frontage, overland flow, sewer position, existing buildings or access, while a smaller site in another street may already carry an approved multiple-dwelling development.

South Toowoomba’s residential market can be understood through several broad property groups. The streets close to the CBD contain the strongest concentration of early character houses. Long, Geddes, Perth and surrounding roads provide a deep mixture of character and post-war housing on traditional land. Haig, Ramsay, McCook, Grey and parts of South Street have a stronger townhouse and infill presence. Alderley and Binns streets gain a direct relationship with golf-course open space, while Ruthven Street is the most mixed and commercially influenced corridor.

These differences affect maintenance, privacy, parking, redevelopment potential and daily amenity more than the suburb name itself. South Toowoomba is close enough to the CBD that virtually every pocket has strong access to services, but the ownership experience of a restored 1912 timber house on 860 square metres is fundamentally different from a modern three-bedroom townhouse on 170 square metres only a few streets away.

Lifestyle

Living in South Toowoomba is shaped by proximity. The CBD begins almost immediately to the north, major schools and hospitals sit within or beside the suburb and supermarket, sport, golf, parks and medical services are distributed around its edges. Residents can have the space and garden of an established suburban house without giving up the short trips normally associated with a much denser inner-city location.

Character streets provide the strongest sense of established Toowoomba living. Timber houses, mature gardens, verandahs and broad street trees give parts of Geddes Street, Perth Street, Long Street and adjoining roads an atmosphere that has developed over many decades rather than through one subdivision release.

Older houses make the seasons more noticeable. Front verandahs and shaded decks are used through the warmer months, while fireplaces, sunrooms and north-facing living areas become more important during Toowoomba’s cooler winter weather.

A well-renovated character house can combine these features with modern family living. Large rear decks, open kitchens, ensuites, pools and powered sheds are now common improvements while the original bedrooms, high ceilings, timber floors and front façade remain intact.

The trade-off is maintenance. Timber cladding, old windows, verandahs, roofs, stumps and mature trees can require more ongoing work than a contemporary brick townhouse. The condition of two houses of the same age can differ dramatically depending on the extent and quality of previous renovation.

Post-war houses provide another lifestyle entirely. A simple 1950s three-bedroom house on 700 or 800 square metres often has less architectural ornament but far more usable garden than its internal size suggests. These properties can suit households that care more about a shed, dogs, vegetable beds or outdoor space than a large original floor plan.

Larger traditional blocks allow several activities to coexist. A powered shed can sit behind the house, children can still use the lawn and an outdoor entertaining area can remain separate from vehicle storage. This flexibility is one of the strongest contrasts with modern compact housing.

Some of South Toowoomba’s largest residential holdings exceed 1,000 square metres. A property of this scale only a few minutes from the CBD can support extensive gardens, fruit trees, a pool, several cars and major additions while retaining substantial open land.

Not every household wants that maintenance. The growing townhouse and duplex market provides an alternative for people who want the location without spending weekends mowing a large yard or maintaining an older detached exterior.

Modern townhouses around Haig Street, Ramsay Street, Geddes Street, Grey Street and McCook Street commonly offer two or three bedrooms, one or two living areas, modern bathrooms and secure garaging within a much smaller private site.

Courtyards still provide outdoor space for a table, barbecue, pets or a compact garden, but recreation is more dependent on public parks, golf, sport and the broader city. Body corporate management takes responsibility for much of the common exterior environment.

Duplexes can suit a different group again. Two dwellings on one traditional block can provide more independence than a large townhouse complex while retaining compact gardens and garages. Investors and extended families may value this format for reasons unrelated to ordinary downsizing.

South Toowoomba’s inner position makes small private land more workable than it would be in an isolated outer estate. City Golf Club, Gold Park, Newington Park, Clewley Park, East Creek recreation areas and the major parks of central Toowoomba are all close enough to provide substantial outdoor space beyond the boundary.

City Golf Club is one of the suburb’s defining recreation facilities. The golf course occupies a large area around South Street and Alderley Street and is accompanied by clubhouse, dining, driving-range and mini-golf facilities.

For golfers, living around South Street, Alderley Street or Binns Street can make the course part of the weekly routine rather than a destination requiring a cross-city drive. Some properties also gain direct views or access towards the course.

The course contributes visually even for households that never play golf. Fairways and mature trees create a broad green break in the urban fabric and reduce the density of buildings across a large part of the western side.

Gold Park provides a much more active sporting environment. Rugby league, rugby union and Oztag use the fields, and junior rugby league has a long association with the grounds. Training, fixtures and community events bring regular evening and weekend activity.

Families involved in these sports can live within walking or very short driving distance. Residents immediately beside the fields exchange that convenience for periods of stronger traffic, voices, lighting and parking demand.

Newington Park provides a quieter local setting. Its history is tied to Toowoomba’s early water supply, but today the site functions as public green space within the established residential and hospital-side neighbourhood.

Clewley Park provides a more elaborate recreation environment around West Creek. The pond, bridges, playground, parkour equipment, open grass, barbecues and paths make it useful for family recreation and walking as well as flood-management infrastructure.

The creek paths connect with a broader north-south active-transport and recreation system through central Toowoomba. Residents near the hospital and western side can therefore walk or cycle along green corridors instead of relying entirely on road footpaths.

South Toowoomba also sits close to Queens Park, which provides a very different scale of recreation through formal gardens, large lawns, playgrounds, tree-lined paths and events. East Creek parkland adds another long green corridor on the eastern side of the inner city.

Shopping is unusually flexible because the suburb sits between several retail areas. Ruthven Street has supermarkets, food, automotive and service businesses distributed along the corridor rather than concentrated into one enclosed centre.

The CBD and Grand Central are only minutes north. Department stores, supermarkets, specialty shopping, dining, entertainment, professional services and civic facilities can therefore be used as part of ordinary weekly life rather than occasional regional trips.

To the south, Toowoomba Plaza and The Ridge Shoppingworld broaden supermarket, Kmart, food, medical and specialty options. Households near South Street, Ramsay Street and the Centenary Heights side may find these centres more natural than travelling into the CBD for every errand.

Bernoth Centre and other smaller retail precincts add another layer around Ruthven Street and the hospital side. Residents can choose according to the direction of work or school rather than depending on one dominant shopping centre.

The suburb has an especially strong relationship with health care. Toowoomba Hospital on Pechey Street provides major public hospital services within the immediate district, and numerous medical, pathology, imaging and specialist practices operate through South Toowoomba and the adjoining inner city.

St Vincent’s Private Hospital in East Toowoomba and St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital in Rockville broaden private health care within a short drive. Medical employment therefore forms an important part of the local labour market as well as household amenity.

People working shifts at Toowoomba Hospital can live within walking, cycling or a very short driving distance from work. Grey Street, Long Street, West Street-side roads and parts of Ruthven Street are especially close to the hospital precinct.

The educational environment is similarly strong. St Saviour’s Primary School and St Saviour’s College are within South Toowoomba close to St Patrick’s Cathedral and the former Toowoomba South State School site.

St Saviour’s Primary provides Catholic Prep to Year 6 education for boys and girls, while St Saviour’s College provides Catholic secondary education for girls. Their central location makes them accessible from much of the suburb without a long school commute.

The former Toowoomba South State School no longer operates as a government school. Its heritage-listed site is used by the Catholic education administration system, preserving an educational function without providing a local government-school enrolment option.

Government primary schooling therefore depends on catchment. Harristown State School serves representative properties through much of the western, central and southern side, including Long Street, Grey Street, South Street and nearby roads.

Toowoomba East State School serves representative addresses closer to the eastern and north-eastern side, including parts of Perth Street and James Street. The boundary cuts through South Toowoomba rather than following the suburb edge.

Current Queensland Government EdMap information should therefore be checked for the exact property. A family should not assume the school across the nearest suburb boundary is automatically its government catchment school.

Centenary Heights State High School serves a substantial share of South Toowoomba and is close to the south-eastern side. Representative properties across Grey Street, Ruthven Street, South Street, Haig Street, Perth Street and other central roads currently fall within its catchment.

Harristown State High School applies to selected properties farther west, so secondary catchment also deserves address-level checking. Both schools sit outside the South Toowoomba boundary.

Concordia Lutheran College provides independent schooling nearby through campuses around Harristown and South Toowoomba’s western side. St Thomas More’s Primary School, St Joseph’s College, Toowoomba Grammar School, Fairholme College, St Mary’s College and St Ursula’s College broaden the non-government network across central and eastern Toowoomba.

This range allows school choice to influence property location. A household using Harristown schools may value the western side, while St Saviour’s or Toowoomba East families can prefer eastern or northern streets. The suburb is compact enough that even these differences generally involve short drives.

The Ruthven Street corridor supports a more urban daily routine than the interior roads. Residents can walk to food, convenience retail, bus stops and services, but road noise and traffic are much more noticeable.

Living one street back can change the atmosphere dramatically. A house on Geddes Street or Perth Street can remain only minutes from the same shops while having a much quieter frontage and more conventional garden setting.

South Street has a similar distinction. It carries significant east-west movement and gives excellent access to golf, sport and southern shopping, while the short side streets around it are considerably quieter.

The traditional grid also makes walking relatively direct. There are multiple ways to move between Hume Street, Ruthven Street, South Street and the CBD, unlike cul-de-sac estates where a destination nearby on a map can require a long route around the road network.

Footpaths and crossing quality still vary, and high-volume arterials remain barriers for young children or people with limited mobility. The most walkable property is therefore not simply the closest property but the one with a comfortable route to the intended destination.

Cycling is realistic for CBD commuting because distances are short. East and West Creek paths provide separated alternatives for part of the journey, while quieter residential roads can be used to avoid sections of Ruthven Street.

Public buses provide another option through Ruthven Street, Hume Street and adjoining corridors. Toowoomba’s network is not comparable with a high-frequency metropolitan busway, but South Toowoomba’s central position gives it better practical coverage than many outer suburbs.

There is no operating passenger railway station within South Toowoomba. Toowoomba station in the CBD is the relevant rail facility for regional passenger services, while the city’s railway infrastructure is less important to ordinary commuting than buses and road travel.

Employment is unusually broad. The CBD provides government, professional, financial and hospitality work; the hospital and medical precincts provide health employment; schools and Catholic education administration provide education jobs; and Ruthven Street supports retail, automotive, trade and service businesses.

City Golf Club and Gold Park add recreation and hospitality employment, while nearby Harristown, Wilsonton and industrial Toowoomba broaden trade and manufacturing opportunities. Many residents therefore work within a short local trip rather than commuting out of the city.

The older housing can support home-based work as well. Enclosed verandahs, sleepouts and additional rooms are often used as offices, while large sheds can support permitted hobbies or business storage. Current approval and neighbourhood amenity requirements still apply to more intensive home-based activity.

Outdoor maintenance depends heavily on the chosen property. A compact townhouse may involve little more than a courtyard, while a 1,200-square-metre traditional block can require substantial mowing, garden work, tree care and fence maintenance.

Large trees are particularly characteristic of the older streets. They provide shade and Toowoomba’s established garden atmosphere but can affect roofs, gutters, driveways and underground services and may require professional pruning.

Gardening is well suited to the local climate. Traditional blocks can support substantial ornamental gardens, vegetable beds and fruit trees, while spring flowering and deciduous trees contribute strongly to the streetscape.

South Toowoomba consequently offers several very different forms of inner-city living. A household can choose a restored character home with a large garden, a practical post-war house with shed space, a golf-course-facing property, a compact freehold cottage, a duplex or a modern townhouse while remaining within the same short-distance service network.

That variety is the suburb’s defining lifestyle feature. The choice is less about sacrificing location for a preferred housing type and more about deciding how much land, character, maintenance, parking and development intensity suits the household while keeping the CBD close.

Travel

South Toowoomba is highly connected by Toowoomba standards because it sits directly south of the CBD and is crossed by several of the city’s most important roads. Ruthven Street carries the New England Highway through the centre, James Street forms part of the Warrego Highway corridor at the northern edge and Hume Street, South Street, Long Street and West Street distribute traffic through surrounding residential and commercial areas.

Ruthven Street is the dominant north-south route. Northbound travel reaches Toowoomba City, North Toowoomba, Harlaxton and the road towards Highfields and Crows Nest. Southbound travel continues towards Kearneys Spring, Middle Ridge, Drayton and the southern New England Highway corridor.

The street’s regional role produces a much stronger traffic environment than the suburb’s internal roads. Houses directly facing Ruthven Street experience continuous vehicle movement and more commercial activity, while properties on Geddes Street, Perth Street or adjoining roads can sit only a few hundred metres away in a substantially quieter setting.

This difference is central to property comparison. Ruthven Street provides easy access to buses, food, shops and regional roads, but a family prioritising a quiet front garden may prefer to live behind the corridor and walk or drive the short distance to those services.

James Street carries east-west regional movement along the northern edge and meets Ruthven Street at one of Toowoomba’s major intersections. The road connects towards the Warrego Highway, Range crossing and western Toowoomba and carries far more traffic than the local residential grid.

The St Patrick’s Cathedral and former Toowoomba South State School precinct occupies prominent land near this junction. School, church, administration and city traffic combine here, making the northernmost part of South Toowoomba feel more like an extension of the city centre than a conventional residential suburb.

Hume Street provides another important north-south corridor on the eastern side. It connects the CBD and East Toowoomba with Gold Park, Centenary Heights, Kearneys Spring and southern residential districts.

Gold Park traffic adds a recreation component to Hume Street, particularly around training and competition. The road also carries school and commuter movement, so houses facing Hume Street experience more activity than properties behind them on small side streets.

South Street is one of the principal east-west routes through southern Toowoomba. It links Harristown and the western suburbs with Hume Street, Ruthven Street and Rangeville-side roads and passes City Golf Club and Gold Park.

Properties fronting South Street gain quick access across the city but experience regular through traffic. Houses on Binns Street or roads running parallel can retain almost the same access while having a more residential frontage.

Alderley Street provides another east-west connection along the southern side and gives direct access towards Centenary Heights, Kearneys Spring and western Toowoomba. Golf-course land along part of the road means residential development is interrupted by substantial open space.

Long Street is an important residential connector without carrying the same regional load as Ruthven Street or South Street. It provides access between West Street, Ruthven Street and Hume Street and contains a substantial amount of detached family housing.

Perth Street and Geddes Street are more strongly residential despite connecting several north-south routes. Their grid position gives households multiple ways to reach the CBD without forcing all local traffic onto one road.

This redundancy is a practical advantage. If one major intersection is congested, residents often have several ordinary city streets available for short local journeys, although regional through traffic remains concentrated on the arterials.

Driving into Toowoomba CBD generally takes only a few minutes from most of the suburb. This keeps central employment, Grand Central, professional services, dining and civic facilities within an ordinary local trip rather than a commute.

The short distance also makes it realistic for some residents to walk or cycle into the city. The strongest opportunities are from the northern half where the CBD begins almost immediately beyond James Street.

Walking routes depend heavily on major-road crossings. A property can be close to the CBD in straight-line distance but require crossing Ruthven Street or James Street, which can make the route less comfortable than one using quieter streets and signalised intersections.

The grid pattern nevertheless supports far more direct walking than many recent estates. Long Street, Geddes Street, Perth Street, Louisa Street and the smaller cross streets offer several parallel routes towards shops, parks and schools.

West Creek provides an important active-transport corridor on the western side. Paths through Clewley Park and adjoining creek open space link portions of the hospital precinct with the broader central Toowoomba walking and cycling network.

The creek infrastructure was designed with both recreation and flood management in mind. Bridges, paths, detention areas and landscaping allow residents to move through a green corridor that would otherwise function mainly as drainage land.

East Creek provides another north-south recreation corridor immediately east of the central suburb area. Residents on the Hume Street and eastern side can access sections of this network for walking and cycling towards the CBD and southern suburbs.

Cycling to the CBD is practical from most of South Toowoomba in distance, but route selection matters. Ruthven Street and James Street carry heavy traffic, so quieter parallel streets and creek paths can be preferable where they connect with the destination.

Urban bus services operate through major corridors including Ruthven Street and Hume Street and connect with the central Toowoomba bus interchange. The central location means residents can generally reach a stop more easily than households in lower-density outer suburbs.

Bus usefulness still varies from property to property. A house directly on Ruthven Street may have a stop close to the front gate, while a property deep within a residential pocket requires a walk before boarding.

Regional bus services also use the central road network, providing connections beyond Toowoomba. These are supplementary to ordinary urban transport rather than a substitute for the local bus system.

There is no passenger railway station within South Toowoomba. Toowoomba station sits in the CBD and is the relevant boarding point for regional rail services. Rail therefore plays only a limited role in ordinary South Toowoomba commuting.

Private vehicles remain the principal mode for most households. The advantage is that most daily destinations are close enough that the first part of the journey is short, even where the final destination is elsewhere in Toowoomba.

Parking at detached houses varies considerably. Character cottages on 400 to 500-square-metre sites may have only one driveway and garage, while larger 800 to 1,200-square-metre blocks can provide double carports, several sheds and space for trailers.

Original houses were often built before multi-car households were common. Some sit close to one side boundary and leave excellent rear access on the other, while others occupy the site in a way that makes a large backyard inaccessible to vehicles.

A large block therefore does not automatically provide caravan or workshop access. Gate width, house position, driveway gradient and detached-building placement need to be examined physically.

Corner sites can provide much better vehicle arrangements where access from the side street is established. Perth Street, Haig Street and the traditional grid contain numerous properties where garages or carports face away from the principal house frontage.

Townhouses usually have much less parking flexibility. One or two secure spaces are common, with visitor parking and common driveways managed through the complex. A household with several adult drivers should consider the whole parking arrangement rather than relying only on the number of bedrooms.

Duplexes also intensify vehicle demand. Two dwellings on one 800 or 900-square-metre title can produce four or more resident vehicles where one house once stood. Well-designed projects provide separate garages and driveways rather than depending heavily on street parking.

Hospital activity is a major transport influence around Pechey Street and the western inner-city side. Staff shifts, visitors and patients generate traffic throughout the day rather than only at ordinary commuter peaks.

Residents employed at Toowoomba Hospital can have an exceptionally short commute. Some properties are close enough for walking or cycling, while most of the suburb remains within a few minutes by car.

School travel is similarly local but moves in several directions. Harristown State School sits west of the suburb, Toowoomba East State School is north-east, Centenary Heights State High School is south-east and Harristown State High School is west.

St Saviour’s schools generate much more localised movement within South Toowoomba itself. Neil Street, Lawrence Street, Ruthven Street and surrounding roads experience additional traffic during school arrival and departure periods.

Concordia Lutheran College and other non-government campuses add school movement towards Harristown and the western side, while St Joseph’s College and schools in East Toowoomba direct travel east.

The broad range of nearby schools can reduce total commuting distance, but families with children at different campuses can still spend substantial time crossing the suburb during peak periods.

Shopping travel is similarly dispersed. The CBD and Grand Central sit north, Toowoomba Plaza and The Ridge are south, while Ruthven Street provides services along the route between them.

This gives households the ability to choose shopping according to work or school direction. Someone commuting south can shop near Kearneys Spring, while a CBD worker can use Grand Central without making a separate regional journey.

City Golf Club generates its own traffic around South Street, particularly for competitions, functions and hospitality use. The driving range and mini-golf facilities broaden visitation beyond traditional golfers.

Gold Park adds concentrated vehicle movement around fixtures and training. Houses directly adjoining the sports precinct should be compared with interior streets where parking and noise are much more predictable.

Flood and stormwater conditions can affect road movement during severe rainfall. West Creek has a history of rapid urban flooding, and council has undertaken substantial channel and detention works through the inner city.

Current infrastructure improves resilience but does not remove the need to understand low points and overland-flow paths. A house outside mapped flood hazard can still use a road or driveway that experiences local stormwater accumulation.

The eastern and south-eastern side generally has less direct relationship with West Creek, but local drainage and overland flow can still vary at individual-property level. Council mapping is more useful than assumptions based on suburb or street reputation.

Regional travel towards Brisbane uses the Warrego Highway and Toowoomba Bypass network. South Toowoomba is close enough to James Street and the major arterial system that residents can leave the urban area without crossing a large suburban distance first.

Travel south towards Warwick follows Ruthven Street and the New England Highway through the southern Toowoomba suburbs. South Toowoomba is therefore particularly well positioned for households whose work requires regular travel along the southern highway corridor.

Western employment around Wellcamp, Charlton and Wilsonton is reached through James Street, South Street and other cross-city arterials. The suburb’s central location provides several possible routes depending on traffic and destination.

Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport is a regional drive west rather than a local facility, but major connecting roads are relatively accessible from South Toowoomba. The trip does not require crossing from the far eastern escarpment suburbs before entering the western road network.

South Toowoomba’s strongest transport characteristic is therefore choice. It has no local rail station and remains primarily car oriented, but the CBD is close, buses serve the major corridors, walking and cycling are realistic from selected pockets and several arterial roads provide direct access across and beyond Toowoomba.

The practical property distinction is whether the household wants to live on one of those arterials or behind it. Ruthven Street and South Street maximise immediate access but bring traffic; the quieter grid streets retain almost all of the suburb’s location advantage with a more conventional residential environment.

Schools & Amenities

South Toowoomba has a strong education presence, but there is no operating government primary or secondary school within the suburb. The former Toowoomba South State School closed in 2013, and government catchments now extend into Harristown, East Toowoomba and Centenary Heights according to the individual address.

The former Toowoomba South State School site on James Street remains important historically. Schooling on the broader site dates to the nineteenth century, and surviving buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register. The property now accommodates the Diocese of Toowoomba Catholic Schools administration and conference functions rather than a government student campus.

Government primary catchments divide through South Toowoomba. Harristown State School currently serves representative addresses across much of the western, central and southern suburb, including parts of Long Street, Grey Street, South Street, Ruthven Street, Haig Street and adjoining roads.

Harristown State School is physically in neighbouring Harristown and provides Prep to Year 6 education. The campus is close enough that western and central South Toowoomba households generally have only a short school journey.

Toowoomba East State School serves representative properties closer to the north-eastern and eastern side, including parts of Perth Street and James Street. It is physically in East Toowoomba and provides Prep to Year 6 education.

The internal catchment boundary means South Toowoomba cannot accurately be assigned to one government primary school. Current Queensland Government EdMap information should be checked for the exact property before an enrolment decision is made.

Centenary Heights State High School is the current government Years 7 to 12 catchment school for a substantial share of South Toowoomba. Representative properties across Grey Street, South Street, Haig Street, Perth Street, Ruthven Street and adjoining central and eastern streets fall within its negotiated catchment.

Harristown State High School applies to selected western addresses. This produces another internal division and makes address-level checking important at secondary level as well.

St Saviour’s Primary School operates within South Toowoomba and provides Catholic Prep to Year 6 education. Its Lawrence Street campus forms part of the long-established Catholic education and church precinct close to St Patrick’s Cathedral.

St Saviour’s College is also within the suburb and provides Catholic secondary education for girls. The college sits close to the primary school, cathedral and Catholic Schools administration complex, creating one of the largest education precincts in the inner city.

St Patrick’s Cathedral is a major landmark within the same precinct. Its presence gives the northern side a strong institutional and heritage character distinct from the quieter residential streets farther south.

Concordia Lutheran College provides nearby independent education through its Toowoomba campuses, including facilities close to Harristown and South Toowoomba’s western side. St Thomas More’s Primary School provides Catholic primary education nearby towards Centenary Heights.

St Joseph’s College, Toowoomba Grammar School, Fairholme College, St Mary’s College, St Ursula’s College and several other established schools broaden the education network within a short city trip. Families therefore have extensive non-government choice without travelling to an outer district.

Early-learning and childcare services are distributed throughout South Toowoomba and adjoining suburbs. Ruthven Street, the hospital precinct, Centenary Heights, Harristown and the CBD all contain childcare or kindergarten options, allowing families to combine these trips with work and shopping.

Toowoomba Hospital is one of South Toowoomba’s largest health and employment facilities. The public hospital on Pechey Street operates continuously and provides emergency, inpatient, surgical, maternity, outpatient and specialist services for Toowoomba and the wider Darling Downs.

The hospital’s location gives South Toowoomba unusually direct access to major public health care. Residents in the northern and western streets can be only minutes from emergency and outpatient services, while the entire suburb remains close by urban standards.

Specialist clinics, imaging, pathology, allied-health and general-practice services cluster around the hospital and CBD. Private health care is broadened by St Vincent’s Private Hospital in East Toowoomba and St Andrew’s Toowoomba Hospital farther north-west.

Ruthven Street contains additional medical, pharmacy and professional services through the suburb. This disperses routine health care rather than concentrating every appointment within the hospital precinct.

South Toowoomba does not depend on one shopping centre. Ruthven Street contains a long commercial strip with supermarkets, food, automotive, household and service businesses mixed among institutional and residential land.

Grand Central and the Toowoomba CBD form the principal regional shopping and service destination immediately north. Department stores, supermarkets, fashion, dining, entertainment and professional services are concentrated within a few minutes of most South Toowoomba homes.

Toowoomba Plaza and The Ridge Shoppingworld provide another substantial shopping direction to the south. Kmart, supermarket shopping, medical, food and specialty retail make these centres particularly convenient to households around South Street, Ramsay Street, Alderley Street and the southern boundary.

This north-south shopping choice reduces dependence on peak CBD traffic. Residents can select a centre according to where they work, attend school or have other appointments.

City Golf Club is one of the largest recreational facilities physically within South Toowoomba. The golf course occupies a substantial area around South Street and includes the main course, clubhouse, hospitality, driving-range and mini-golf facilities.

The course is significant even for non-golfers because it creates a large continuous green area within an otherwise established urban suburb. Houses backing towards the course can have long open views and fewer immediate residential neighbours.

Gold Park on Hume Street is the suburb’s major field-sport complex. Council maintains rectangular fields used for rugby league, rugby union and Oztag, and Southern Suburbs Junior Rugby League is based at the venue.

The sporting precinct provides organised recreation for children and adults while also functioning as a substantial open-space break. Households close to Hume Street can reach training and competition without crossing the city.

Newington Park on West and Stephen streets provides local public open space with a strong historical connection to Toowoomba’s first reticulated water-supply system. The site’s modern function is recreation rather than water infrastructure.

Clewley Park lies beside Toowoomba Hospital and West Creek and provides a broader recreation environment. A pond and bridges, landscaped gardens, playground, parkour equipment, barbecues, picnic facilities, toilets, walking and cycling paths and large grassed areas are distributed through the park.

The West Creek corridor links Clewley Park with other sections of inner-city open space and carries both recreation and stormwater functions. It forms part of Toowoomba’s wider network of paths through creek reserves.

Queens Park and the Toowoomba Botanic Gardens are nearby in East Toowoomba and provide a much larger regional park destination. Mature gardens, playgrounds, events and broad lawns are easily accessible from the northern and eastern parts of South Toowoomba.

East Creek parkland provides another long recreation corridor nearby, particularly useful to residents around Hume Street and the eastern side. Walking groups and community activities use facilities along this corridor.

The City Golf Club, Gold Park, creek corridors and major nearby parks give South Toowoomba a level of recreation that is not obvious from the density of the street grid. The suburb’s attached-housing residents can therefore access substantial public and club-based open space despite having small private courtyards.

The Toowoomba City Library in the CBD provides the principal public library for South Toowoomba residents. Council services, community facilities, theatres and cultural institutions are similarly concentrated in central Toowoomba rather than duplicated within the suburb.

TAFE Queensland’s Toowoomba campus is close to the north-east around Bridge Street and is readily accessible by car, bus or bicycle. The University of Southern Queensland lies farther south-west at Darling Heights and provides the city’s principal university campus.

Employment is particularly broad. Toowoomba Hospital and medical services provide health-sector jobs, St Saviour’s and Catholic education administration provide education employment, City Golf Club and CBD hospitality provide service work and Ruthven Street supports retail, automotive and commercial businesses.

The CBD adds government, legal, finance, professional and retail employment within a few minutes. Harristown and the broader western side add trade and industrial work, while Wellcamp and Charlton provide major industrial and logistics employment farther west.

South Toowoomba’s current planning framework is the Toowoomba Regional Planning Scheme version 29, effective from July 2026. A replacement scheme is in preparation but has not yet displaced the current controls.

Low-medium-density residential zoning applies through significant parts of the suburb, which helps explain the established pattern of villas, duplexes and townhouses among detached houses. Mixed-use and other higher-intensity planning contexts occur along major corridors including parts of Ruthven and James streets.

Neighbourhood character controls apply to parts of the older housing area and can affect demolition, extensions and new development. A house does not need to be individually heritage listed for its streetscape contribution to influence planning assessment.

The former Toowoomba South State School is individually heritage listed and adds a stronger heritage consideration to redevelopment around the James Street precinct. St Patrick’s Cathedral and other nearby heritage places further reinforce the historic character of the northern edge.

Flood and overland-flow controls are concentrated more strongly around West Creek and identified drainage corridors than across the suburb generally. Council mapping should be checked for each property, particularly where redevelopment would increase building or hard-surface coverage.

Large traditional blocks can carry redevelopment potential under suitable planning conditions, but land size alone is not sufficient. Frontage, neighbourhood character, stormwater, sewer, access, existing buildings and the precise zone determine whether subdivision, dual occupancy or multiple dwellings are realistic.

South Toowoomba’s amenity structure is consequently unusually complete for an established inner suburb. Catholic schools and major sporting facilities sit within the locality; government schools surround it; a major public hospital and extensive medical services are close; the CBD and several shopping centres provide retail; and golf, field sport, creek parks and major city gardens offer recreation. The main property distinction is how much of that convenience a household wants directly outside the door and how much traffic, density or institutional activity it is willing to accept in exchange.

Local Schools

St Saviour's College (Toowoomba)
Distance: 0.77 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 284
Neil Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4637 1600
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St Saviour's Primary School (Toowoomba)
Distance: 0.78 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 459
14 Lawrence Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4637 1700
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St Anthony's School (Toowoomba)
Distance: 1.03 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 239
9 Memory Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4635 6200
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Harristown State School
Distance: 1.20 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 446
332 South Street, Harristown
Phone: (07) 4687 5333
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Harristown State High School
Distance: 1.40 km
State High School
Sector: State
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 1,641
5 Hennessy Street, Harristown
Phone: (07) 4636 8700
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St Mary's College (Toowoomba)
Distance: 1.53 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 5 – Year 12
Students: 883
129 West Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4631 7333
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Concordia Lutheran College (Stephen St - Toowoomba)
Distance: 1.59 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 335
154 Stephen Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4688 2700
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The Glennie School (Toowoomba)
Distance: 1.62 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Prep Year – Year 12
Students: 678
246A - 248 Herries Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4688 8888
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St Thomas More's Primary School (Toowoomba)
Distance: 1.72 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 357
152 South Street, Centenary Heights, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4591 3900
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Centenary Heights State High School
Distance: 1.85 km
State High School
Sector: State
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 1,738
60 Ramsay Street, Centenary Heights
Phone: (07) 4636 7500
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The Industry School - Toowoomba (Toowoomba City)
Distance: 1.89 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Year 10 – Year 12
Students: 92
1 - 3 Russell Street, Toowoomba City
Phone: (07) 4592 8700
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Toowoomba North State School
Distance: 1.96 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 237
Cnr Mort & Taylor Streets, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4617 8333
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Newtown State School
Distance: 2.01 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 337
24 Albert Street, Newtown
Phone: (07) 4614 5777
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St Ursula's College (Toowoomba)
Distance: 2.11 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 405
38 Taylor Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4632 7611
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Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School (Toowoomba)
Distance: 2.30 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 436
2 Ascot Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4591 1200
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Clifford Park Special School
Distance: 2.35 km
Special School
Sector: State
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 183
19 Rob Street, Newtown
Phone: (07) 4614 5333
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St Joseph's College (Rangeville)
Distance: 2.40 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Year 7 – Year 12
Students: 929
54 James Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4631 8500
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Toowoomba East State School
Distance: 2.51 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 867
Cnr Arthur & Mary Streets, East Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4637 5222
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Toowoomba Grammar School (Margaret St - East Toowoomba)
Distance: 2.58 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Prep Year – Year 12
Students: 1,157
24 Margaret Street, East Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4687 2500
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Holy Name Primary School (Toowoomba)
Distance: 2.60 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Catholic)
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 163
188 Bridge Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4632 4694
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Highlands Christian College (Toowoomba)
Distance: 2.92 km
Non-State School
Sector: Non-State (Independent)
Years: Prep Year – Year 12
Students: 661
505 Hume Street, Toowoomba
Phone: (07) 4617 6555
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Darling Heights State School
Distance: 2.93 km
State School
Sector: State
Years: Prep Year – Year 6
Students: 607
Wuth Street, Darling Heights
Phone: (07) 4636 8333
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Toowoomba West Special School
Distance: 2.98 km
Special School
Sector: State
Years: Early Childhood – Year 6
Students: 140
26 Gladstone Street, Newtown
Phone: (07) 4638 6333
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