Everton Park is a northern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Everton Park had a population of 10,111 people.
The suburb takes its name from the Everton Park Estate subdivision. Everton was the name of the residence of pioneer settlers William James McDowall and Ambrose McDowall, which was named after Everton, a suburb of Liverpool, England.
In the 1890s, the town of Bunyaville (27°23′25″S 152°58′38″E / 27.3903°S 152.9772°E) was located north of South Pine Road in the present-day suburbs of Everton Hills and Everton Park. Until 1891, it was known as Kedron after Kedron Brook which flows through the area.
Bunyaville Baptist Church opened on Saturday 2 July 1932. It was on Timms Road (now in Everton Hills) on land donated by Arthur Timms with some financial assistance from the Newmarket Baptist Church. It was built "in a day" on Saturday 4 June 1932.
Bunyaville State School opened on 18 June 1934. In 1954 it was renamed Everton Park State School.
Everton Park State High School opened on 23 January 1961 (but it was originally intended to be called Stafford State High School).
The Everton Park Library opened in 1965 at 561 South Pine Road (27°24′20″S 152°59′25″E / 27.40546°S 152.99039°E). In 2024, the library relocated to a new building at 573 South Pine Road (27°24′18″S 152°59′24″E / 27.40501°S 152.98999°E) with an opening ceremony on 9 March 2024.
St Jude's Anglican Church at 27 Mcilwraith Street (27°24′22″S 152°59′20″E / 27.4060°S 152.9888°E) was dedicated in 1978 by Archbishop Felix Arnott. Its closure circa 2012 was approved by Archbishop Phillip Aspinall. The Brisbane Brass Music Association now occupy the church building.
Prince of Peace Lutheran College opened on 3 January 1984.
Northside Christian College opened on 28 January 1985.
In the 2011 census the population of Everton Park was 8,325 people, 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median age of the Everton Park population was 37 years of age, the same as the national median. 77.5% of people living in Everton Park were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next-most-common countries of birth were England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.4%, India 1.1%, Italy 0.9%, Scotland 0.8%. 85.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next-most-spoken languages were 1.6% Italian, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.5% German, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Hindi.
In the 2016 census, Everton Park had a population of 8,862 people.
In the 2021 census, Everton Park had a population of 10,111 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
