Toowong

Postcode: 4066 | Distance to CBD: 4 km

Welcome to Toowong

Toowong Village Shopping Centre
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Stretching from the river to Mt Coot-tha and close to the city and uni, Toowong is a very well known and popular Brisbane suburb.

Toowong Village is the main shopping area and its blue glass-walled office tower is visible from miles away. Eating and other retail opportunities stretch from the tower along High Street.

The heritage-listed Regatta Hotel on Coronation Drive and the iconic Royal Exhange Hotel (locally known as the RE) in High Street are two of Brisbane's oldest and most popular pubs.

Toowong also has Australia's leading bilingual-bicultural school, Toowong State School. This primary school teaches in two languages, Auslan and English. It integrates deaf children with their hearing classmates and the children have a signing choir, which has performed at sporting events and celebrations.  

Statistics

Toowong is roughly 4km from Brisbane’s CBD. Just over 45% of households in the area are couples without children, 33% are couples with children and 21% are group households. Stand-alone houses make up 42% of the dwellings in this area, with units accounting for another 53% and townhouses making up the rest. Weatherboard houses abound in this area – some in better condition than others – and block sizes vary from just enough room for a clothesline through to big enough for a pool, mango tree and outside entertainment area.

Local Events

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Eating and drinking
There are plenty of dining options around Toowong. If you’re looking for a local café, take-away, pub or restaurant you’ll find it here.
Shopping
Toowong Village is huge and covers everything from specialty stores to supermarkets, chemists to designer clothes. There’s also Park Road, just down the road, in Milton. Plenty of designer and gift shops for you to browse through.
Education
If you're looking for playgroups, childcare, kindergartens or schools in this area, you'll find them here.
Leisure
Check out this section for things to do in your spare time. There's sport, leisure activities, local events and more.
Kevin says: Toowong is beautifully situated on the north bank of the Brisbane river, it is serviced by transport by ferry, bus, train and a lovely walk along Coronation Drive to the city. Toowong is snuggled nicely at the foot of Mt Cootha in the west, the river and the city. Toowong has a friendly mix of youth, multicultural residents and the elderly.

More Toowong information

REIQ Profile

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Real Estate values for Toowong
Median house price
$700,000 ˜
Price change over quarter
18.10%
3-bedroom house rental price
$400/week
2-bedroom unit rental price
$365/week
Median house price for December 2009 supplied by The Real Estate Institute of Qld
Rental price for December 2009 supplied by Residential Tenancies Authority

˜ Medians affected by varying quality of stock sold

 
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