Willawong, Queensland

Willawong is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south of the CBD. The Places Name Board gave the official name to the suburb in 1970.^[2] This suburb has one of the Brisbane Transport bus depots located within the suburb.

Willawong is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘the junction of two creeks’. The suburb's boundary is mostly defined by the course of the two creeks, Oxley Creek and Blunder Creek.^[2] The Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor is aligned along the eastern edge of the suburb.

Willawong once contained a toxic waste dump, which was closed in 1998.^[3]

During the 1974 Brisbane flood most of the suburb was inundated.^[2] In 1983, local residents in Willawong and nearby suburbs began a campaign to stop sand-mining in the area.^[2]

Demographics

In the 2011 census, the population of Willawong was 192, 45.8% female and 54.2% male.

The median age of the Willawong population was 40 years, 3 years above the Australian median.

59.8% of people living in Willawong were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were Taiwan 9.3%, Vietnam 5.2%, England 4.6%, Indonesia 2.6%, New Zealand 2.6%.

62.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 11.8% Vietnamese, 7.7% Mandarin, 1.5% Urdu, 1.5% Dutch, 1.5% Greek.

References

External links

• Willawong. ourbrisbane.com via the Wayback Machine.

Coordinates: 27°36′S 153°00′E / 27.600°S 153.000°E / -27.600; 153.000