Kenmore is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Kenmore had a population of 9,675 people.
European settlement began in the 1840s and was part of a sheep and cattle run which extended from Milton to Mount Crosby. In the 1850s land was released to new settlers from Britain in 15 to 20 acre lots. During the 1850s and 1860s areas around Kenmore and Brookfield provided Brisbane with timber and there were also small farms producing a variety of crops.
Around 1880 Andrew Todd purchased 100 acres in the centre of what is called Kenmore today.
In the 1890s the Queensland Parliament approved the construction of a rail line from Indooroopilly to Brookfield, running through the southern side of Kenmore following the valley of Cubberla Creek and thence roughly parallel to the present alignment of Kersley Road. However the line was never constructed.
Kenmore Provisional School opened on 9 July 1900. On 1 January 1909, it became Kenmore State School.
In the early 1900s, dairy farming began to be a major farming activity. In 1910 Chinese market gardeners moved in and grew vegetables.
The Kenmore War Memorial was commissioned by the residents of the Shire of Moggill. It was unveiled on 3 July 1920 by General Spencer Browne and Edward Macartney, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong. It was originally located on a traffic island in the middle of the intersection of Moggill Road and Brookfield Road, but, due to roadworks in 1969, it was relocated to the Kenmore Village car park. In April 1987, the memorial was restored and moved to a new memorial park called Pike Place adjacent to the shopping centre at 9A Brookfield Road (corner Phillipa Street, 27°30′26″S 152°56′23″E / 27.5072°S 152.9397°E) in October 1988.
In the early 1950s Hooker's bought dairy farming land around Dumbarton Drive and this began the modern development of Kenmore. In 1960 roads were upgraded.
Our Lady of the Rosary School opened in 1961.
In the 1960s earth works for the village shopping centre began.
Kenmore South State School opened on 23 January 1967.
Brisbane Independent School opened on 19 August 1968; it is now within the suburb boundaries of Pullenvale.
Kenmore State High School opened on 24 January 1972.
In 1972 the ambulance centre opened, in 1975 the fire station opened and in 1978 the police station opened.
Kenmore was one of many Brisbane suburbs partially affected by the 2010–11 Queensland floods.
Kenmore Library opened in 2010 as part of an extension of the Kenmore Village shopping centre.
In the 2016 census, Kenmore had a population of 8,960 people.
In the 2021 census, Kenmore had a population of 9,675 people, 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median age of the Kenmore population was 40. 65.2% of people living in Kenmore were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.9%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, South Africa 3.7%, China 2.9%, New Zealand 2.4%, India 2%. 79.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.1% Mandarin, 1.5% Korean,1% Cantonese, 1% Spanish, 0.9% Japanese.
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