Calamvale, Queensland

Calamvale is a southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3] A relatively large suburb, it adjoins Stretton, Parkinson, Sunnybank Hills, Acacia Ridge, Algester and Drewvale. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the Brisbane central business district and close to the Karawatha Forest.

Calamvale
Brisbane, Queensland
Part of the Golden Pond wetlands at Calamvale
Population17,124 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)4116
Location18 km (11 mi) from Brisbane GPO
LGA(s)City of Brisbane
(Calamvale Ward)[2]
State electorate(s)Algester
Stretton
Federal Division(s)Moreton, Oxley
Suburbs around Calamvale:
Acacia Ridge Sunnybank Hills Runcorn
Algester Calamvale Stretton
Parkinson Parkinson Drewvale

History

Calamvale was named after James Calam, an early settler and prominent landowner in the area. The Calam family built their homestead on a hill at the top of Calam Road near Beaudesert Road. The area was known as Calamvale long before it was officially listed as a suburb in 1972. In 1984, the Calams sold the homestead to the McGuire family, who built the Calamvale Hotel on the land. Urbanisation took place in the early 1990s, and development took place in several stages.

Calamvale State School opened in 1955. In 2002 a secondary school component was added to the State School to create Calamvale Community College. Calamvale Special School opened in 1985.[4]

In 1977 the Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit began with a small congregation meeting at the library of the Algester State School. In 1979 land was purchased in Algester Road and a kit home was built for a rectory with the first service being conducted on 21 Octobernew church baptism on 4 November 1979. In 1980 St Alban's Anglican Church at Acacia Ridge was decommissioned and the church building relocated to the Algester Road site to be used as a parish hall. The Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, John Grindrod, laid the foundation stone for the new church building on 4 July 1981 with the first service being held in the church on 9 August 1981 with its official dedication on 18 October conducted again by John Grindrod. All debts having been paid, Archbishop Peter Hollingworth consecrated the new church on 29 May 1993.[5][6]

Demographics
  • At the 2016 census the population of Calamvale was 17,124, 51% female and 49% male.
  • The median age of the Calamvale population was 32 years of age, 6 years below the Australian median.
  • 39.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were China 14.9%, India 4.7%, Taiwan 4.4%, New Zealand 3.7% and Hong Kong 3.1%.
  • 38.4% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 21.8%, Cantonese 7.2%, Korean 3.4%, Punjabi 2.3% and Vietnamese 1.9%
  • The most common responses for religion were No Religion, so described 34.0% and Catholic 14.9%.
  • The median household income was $1,611, higher than the Queensland and Australian median. Th[7]median mortgage repayments is $1,800 per month.
  • The most common occupations included professionals 24.5%, clerical and administrative workers 14.6%, technicians and trades workers 11.9%, managers 10.7%, and sales workers 10.7%.
  • Of occupied private dwellings, 24.0% were owned outright, 41.5% were owned with a mortgage and 32.2% were rented.[1]

According to the 2016 census, Calamvale includes the largest Macedonian Australian community of any suburb in Queensland,[8] numbering 76 individuals and making up 0.5% of the suburb's population.[9]

Education

The schools in Calamvale include Calamvale Community College (which combines a primary and a secondary school), Stretton State College (Prep year to Year 10), and Calamvale Special School.

Amenities

The Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit is at 362 Algester Road (27.6183°S 153.0355°E / -27.6183; 153.0355 (Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit)).[10]

Sporting

The Calamvale Leopards are the local Australian Football League team.

Transport

No train stations are in Calamvale, although Altandi and Runcorn train stations are only about a five-minute drive away. Travel to the Brisbane CBD is roughly 30 minutes (off-peak) by car, 40–55 minutes by bus, and 30–45 minutes by train from Runcorn and Altandi railway stations.

Calamvale is serviced by nine bus routes operated by Brisbane Transport and Park Ridge Transit, as listed below. It is in Zone 2 of the TransLink zoning scheme.

Golden Pond wetlands

An eco-friendly feature of Calamvale is the Golden Pond Wetlands attached to Calamvale Creek.

A natural creek (part of a longer channel known as Scrubby Creek, but locally known as Calamvale Creek) and a riparian wetland run through the lower part of Calamvale. In the late 1990s, two constructed wetlands relying on storm water runoff were built upstream of the creek on each side of Golden Avenue. They are known as the Golden Pond wetlands.

The wetlands and creek, collectively called the Golden Pond wetland system, provide a small wildfowl habitat and a storm water treatment train designed to improve the quality of storm water runoff as it progresses down the creek.[11]

Treatment train

The treatment train is made up of several parts, and purifies water as it flows through each part.

An upstream storm water drainage channel runs into a sediment basin, which collects the heaviest sediments and allows better-quality water to flow into Wetland 1. Water flows through a gross pollutant trap into Wetland 2, which was originally a small farm dam on the south side of the Golden Avenue road bridge. Overflow water from Wetland 2 runs into a natural riparian wetland fringed with melaleucas, and this runs into a natural creek with small lagoons.

Wildlife

The Calamvale wetlands and creek provide a home and a retreat for ducks, egrets, cormorants, spoonbills, herons, water dragons, turtles, eels, and a large number of other wildfowl and animals.[12]

Water quality

Environmental engineers from Brisbane's Griffith University have conducted numerous studies on water quality at the creek and wetlands, and have presented papers at conferences internationally on the design and effectiveness of the treatment train.[13]

Notable people

Actor Russell Dykstra grew up in the suburb, frequently entertaining commuters on the local 141 bus with his self-styled pantomimes while taking the long commute into St Laurence's College in South Brisbane as a schoolboy from 1979 to 1981.

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Calamvale (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. "Calamvale Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "Calamvale (entry 47596)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  5. "History". Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit, Algester. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. "Year Book" (PDF). Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane. 2019. p. 129. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. "Year Book" (PDF). Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. "2016Census_G_QLD_SSC - Census DataPacks - General Community Profile". Australian Bureau of Statistics – Census 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Calamvale (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. "Year Book" (PDF). Anglican Archdiocese of Brisbane. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  11. Margaret Greenway. Stormwater Treatment Trains in Subtropical Australia — Wetland and Pond Systems: How effective are they in improving water quality and enhancing ecosystem biodiversity? Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  12. Critters of Calamvale Creek Archived 8 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  13. Golden Pond wetland system, Calamvale: research papers Archived 21 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

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