Inala is a south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Inala had a population of 15,273 people.
The suburb was named Inala by the Queensland Surveyor-General on 10 January 1952, using a Bundjalung word meaning resting time or night time. It was previously known as Boylands Pocket.
Following World War II there was a shortage of 250,000 houses across Australia. In Queensland alone over 4,000 families were living in makeshift dwellings of tin, calico and canvas. The Queensland and Australian Governments responded by making housing a priority.
The history of Inala started as the suburb of Serviceton, established following a meeting held in a Brisbane RSL Hall in May 1946. A group of ex-servicemen, led by Harold (Hock) Davis, were seeking affordable accommodation for their families during the post-war housing shortage. The Serviceton Co-operative Society was formed and they purchased 480 hectares of flood-safe land, which was then divided amongst the shareholders, giving them 800 square metres each. At that stage, Inala was planned as a satellite town set on a broad, high, gently sloping ridge.
In 1949–1950 the Queensland Housing Commission purchased Serviceton, comprising approximately 850 acres (3.4 km) of land, from the faltering Serviceton Housing Co-operative. The Housing Commission subsequently annexed another 200 acres (0.8 km) to the suburb and changed its name to Inala in 1953 to avoid postal confusion with another Serviceton in Victoria.
Inala State School opened on 1 July 1955. In September 1974, it was expanded to include a pre-school.
Inala Methodist Church opened in 1957, becoming Inala Uniting Church in 1977 when the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia.
Inala West State School opened on 2 January 1960 at 2 Deodor Street (end of Biota Street, 27°35′16″S 152°58′03″E / 27.5879°S 152.9675°E). It closed on 31 December 2009. The school's website was archived.
Serviceton South State School opened on 2 September 1963 and celebrated its 50th anniversary on 2 September 2013.
Samoa Methodist Church Inala was established circa 1965.
Richlands East State School opened on 23 January 1967 in Poinsettia Street (27°35′51″S 152°58′04″E / 27.5976°S 152.9679°E). It is now within the boundaries of Inala.
Inala Special School opened on 26 August 1968. On 1 January 2007 it was renamed Western Suburbs State Special School.
Inala State High School opened on 30 January 1962. It closed on 15 December 1995 to amalgamate with Richlands State High School to create Glenala State High School on the Inala State High School site. Despite the name, Inala State High School was in neighbouring Durack on the north-east corner of Glenala Road and Hampton Street.
In the 2016 census, Inala had a population of 14,849 people, 48.5% male and 51.5% female. The median age of the Inala population was 34 years, 3 years below the Australian median. 45.9% of people living in Inala were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.7%; the next most common countries of birth were 19.4% Vietnam, 3.1% New Zealand, 2.0% Samoa and 1.9% England. 39.8% of people spoke only English at home. Inala had the largest Buddhist community (2,055 people; 13.8%) and the largest Vietnamese Australian community (4,446 people; 30.0%) of any suburb in Queensland.
In the 2016 census, Inala had a population of 14,849 people.
In the 2021 census, Inala had a population of 15,273 people.
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