Lutwyche, Queensland

Lutwyche is an inner-city residential suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of the city's central business district. At the 2016 census the suburb recorded a population of 3,454.[1]

Lutwyche
Brisbane, Queensland
View of Lutwyche c.1900
Population3,454 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3,840/km2 (9,900/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4030
Area0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Location5 km (3 mi) from Brisbane
LGA(s)City of Brisbane
(Marchant Ward)[2]
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)Brisbane
Suburbs around Lutwyche:
Gordon Park Kedron Wooloowin
Grange Lutwyche Wooloowin
Windsor Windsor Albion

Geography
Shopping area on Lutwyche Road in 1954
Centro Lutwyche shopping centre

Lutwyche Road, a busy thoroughfare that is part of Metroad 3 is the main road through the suburb. Lutwyche Road is lined with many small shops and restaurants in addition to the Centro Lutwyche shopping centre. Kedron Brook, a creek lined with parklands and a bikeway, forms the north-western boundary of Lutwyche.

History
Early wooden St Andrew's Church at Lutwyche in 1888
Estate map for Lutwyche Domain, 1889
Cross of Sacrifice at Lutwyche Cemetery, circa 1954

The suburb is named after Alfred Lutwyche, a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales who was appointed as Supreme Court judge at Moreton Bay on 21 February 1859,[3] shortly before Queensland was granted self-government.[4]

On 12 January 1864, Lutwyche purchased the site for what was to become St. Andrew's Church of England (1866) on Lutwyche Road, donating the land to the Church in 1865, and was actively involved in the construction of the church. On his death on 12 June 1880, he was buried on the southern side of the Church[5] where his grave remains a prominent feature of the churchyard dominated by a granite Celtic cross that was erected as the headstone by his widow Mary Ann. A portrait of Alfred Lutwyche can be found in the Supreme Court building in Brisbane.[3]

A Cross of Sacrifice commemorating those who served in World War I and World War II was erected at Lutwyche Cemetery in 1950.[6]

Prior to December 1968 the suburb was served by frequent tram services which converged along Lutwyche Road, from Chermside, Kalinga (until 1962) and Stafford, with the Stafford line branching off at Bradshaw Street, Lutwyche. Further south Grange trams branched off Lutwyche Road at Maygar Street, on the border of Lutwyche and Windsor. These services combined to provide an off-peak service of a tram every 2½ minutes along Lutwyche Road in the late 1950s.

Demographics

In the 2011 census the population of Lutwyche was 2,801, 50.4% female and 49.6% male.[7] The median age of the Lutwyche population was 33 years of age, 4 years below the Australian median. 63.8% of people living in Lutwyche were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.2%, India 3.3%, England 3.1%, Italy 2.2%, China 1.4%. 74.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 3.4% Italian, 1.5% Mandarin, 0.9% Spanish, 0.8% Hindi, 0.8% Arabic.[7]

Heritage listings

Lutwyche has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Transport

Lutwyche is well served by frequent express (333) and all-stops Brisbane Transport buses which run along Lutwyche Road to the city.

After the completion of the Brisbane Airport Link and Northern Busway, the Windsor Lutwyche precinct is served by the Lutwyche busway station, which provides an entrance to the Northern Busway tunnel at Truro Street and consists of an open-air entrance plaza and new bus stops at Truro Street (southbound), and outside Windsor State School (northbound). The Lutwyche busway station was completed in June 2012.[12]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lutwyche (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. "Marchant Ward". Brisbane City Council. Brisbane City Council. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "Lutwyche, Alfred James Peter (1810–1880)".
  4. "Lutwyche (entry 44515)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  5. "History of St. Andrew's Anglican Church". Archived from the original on 15 February 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  6. "Lutwyche War Cemetery". Monument Australia. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  7. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lutwyche (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  8. "Conon (entry 600346)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  9. "Windsor Air Raid Shelter (entry 602486)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  10. "Wooloowin State School (entry 601565)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  11. "Killila (entry 602070)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  12. "Brisbane Airport Link and Northern Busway – Windsor Lutwyche precinct".

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