Carindale is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located 13.1 kilometres (8.1 mi) by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO, and borders Belmont, Carina, Carina Heights, Mackenzie, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt East, and Tingalpa. In the 2021 census, Carindale had a population of 16,535 people.
Notable features of the suburb include a large shopping centre – Westfield Carindale, the Pacific Golf Club, Belmont State School, Belmont Bushland Reserve, Belmont Private Hospital (psychiatric only) and Bulimba Creek. The Gateway Motorway borders the suburb. In addition to Indooroopilly on the west; Chermside on the north-side; and Upper Mount Gravatt on the south side, the suburb has been described as a mini-CBD.
The area was first settled by Europeans in the 1850s, with activity focussing on timber and agriculture.
Belmont State School opened on 5 June 1876. It is now within the suburb boundaries of Carindale.
Carina State School opened on 30 January 1917. It is now within the suburb boundaries of Carindale.
St Gabriel The Archangel's Anglican Church was dedicated in 1958. A new church was dedicated in 1991 and consecrated in 2010.
In 1973, Carindale Nursing Home was opened in Foxglove St, Mt Gravatt East. In 1978, permission was granted to the developers to use Carindale as the name of the new shopping centre. In 1980, the suburb of Carindale was created.
Christian Outreach College opened on 16 May 1978 in West End. It relocated to Mansfield in 1982 but is now within the suburb boundaries of Carindale. It is now known as Citepointe Christian College.
The Carindale Library opened in 1999 with a major refurbishment in 2012.
In the 2011 census, Carindale had a population of 15,577 people.
In the 2016 census, Carindale had a population of 15,740 people, 51.4% female and 48.6% male. The median age of the Carindale population was 42 years of age, 4 years above the Australian median. 65.3% of people living in Carindale were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.7%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.5%, England 3.2%, China 2.8%, South Africa 2.4%, and India 1.7%. 71.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were Mandarin 4.2%, Greek 3.6%, Cantonese 3.3%, Italian 1.7%, 1.1% Afrikaans. According to the 2016 census, Carindale includes the largest Greek Australian community of any suburb in Queensland, numbering 746 individuals and making up 4.7% of the suburb's population.
In the 2021 census, Carindale had a population of 16,535 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
