Kingston is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Kingston had a population of 10,506 people.
The township was named Kingston in 1890 Charles and Harriet Kingston, who were residents of the district in the late nineteenth century.
Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Kingston was once part of the Shire of Tingalpa. Dairying grew in importance in the area from the 1890s and in 1906 a meeting was held in Beenleigh to form a co-operative butter factory locally. The Southern Queensland Co-operative Dairy Company opened its factory in Kingston in June 1907. A piggery was established nearby in 1926 and pigs were fed on the buttermilk from the factory. The Kingston Butter Factory was enlarged in 1932 and operated successfully until after the war, when the dairying industry was being rationalised by the government. Peters bought the factory in 1958 and it ceased production in 1983. It now operates as a community arts centre and houses a theatre, arts and crafts stall and museum. The Kingston Butter Factory is on the Logan City Council Local Heritage Register for its historical, social and technological significance.
In October 1885, 72 subdivided blocks of land named "Kingston Railway Station Estate" were advertised to be auctioned by John W Todd. A map advertising the auction shows that the blocks were close to Kingston Railway Station and a selling feature of the estate was the extensive and picturesque views.
Kingston State School opened on 8 July 1912.
The other major industrial activity of the area was the Kingston gold mine at Mount Taylor. Although gold was discovered in 1885, a geological survey was not undertaken until 1913 and underground mining began. In 1932, the Kingston Gold Mining Company began an open cut operation and mining continued until 1954. The area became an unofficial waste dump. It was eventually backfilled and subdivided into a housing estate in the late 1960s.
Kingston State Infants School opened on 27 January 1976. It closed on 17 December 1993.
Kingston State High School was established in Bega Road on 24 January 1977. It was officially opened by the Minister for Education, Val Bird. Its students come mainly from the residential suburbs of Kingston, Marsden, Browns Plains, Loganlea, and Woodridge. On 1 November 1999 it was renamed Kingston College.
In 1985, the suburb of Logan Central was created, consisted only of the "Logan City Council Administration Centre and contiguous Council properties", but it was subsequently enlarged with land excised from both Woodridge and Kingston.
Kingston Centre for Continuing Secondary Education opened on 4 February 1991.
All Saints' Anglican Church at 52 Redford Street (27°39′13″S 153°06′33″E / 27.6537°S 153.1091°E) closed circa 1995.
The Centre Education Programme opened on 1 July 1997.
Groves Christian College opened on 1999. It opened its Maryfields primary campus on 21 January 2005.
In the 2016 census, the suburb of Kingston had a population of 10,539 people, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people making up 5.9% of the population. 55.4% of people were born in Australia, followed by New Zealand 9.2%, Samoa 2.1%, England 2.1%, Myanmar 1.7%, and Afghanistan 1.4%. 64.0% of people spoke only English at home and other languages spoken at home included Samoan 4.1%, Karen 2.2%, Hindi 1.2%, Hazaraghi 1.1%, and Arabic 1.1%. The most common stated responses for religion were, again, No Religion 25.4% and Catholic 14.3%. The median age was 31 years, 7 years below the national median of 38.
In the 2021 census, the suburb of Kingston had a population of 10,506 people.
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