Rothwell is a coastal suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Rothwell had a population of 7,538 people.
In 1888 and 1889 (when the area was known as Deception Bay), there was a long-running attempt to sell a subdivision known as the Isle of Man estate (27°13′05″S 153°02′18″E / 27.2180°S 153.0382°E), bounded to the east, south and west by Saltwater Creek (called Fresh Water Creek in the advertising material). The land was promoted as being near the proposed Redcliffe railway line. However, the lots were either never sold or never developed. Although the subdivision can be seen on cadastral maps until at least 1978, at 2020 the land has returned to a single undivided and undeveloped parcel. This may relate to the flood-prone nature of Saltwater Creek.
The suburb's name is after the president of the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, Thomas James Rothwell, who in 1921 proposed a memorial drive marked by an avenue of trees to Redcliffe via the upgraded main road known as Anzac Avenue). Rothwell died on 28 January 1928 and his involvement with the Avenue was honoured on Sunday 9 April 1933 with the unveiling of the Rothwell monument by the Queensland Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson. This stone obelisk was placed on a small triangular piece of land at the intersection of Anzac Memorial Avenue and the Deception Bay Road, later moving to nearby Rothwell Park (27°13′02″S 153°02′42″E / 27.2173°S 153.0451°E) when a roundabout was built on the original site.
Rothwell was officially named as a suburb by the Queensland Place Names Board on 1 July 1970.
Grace Lutheran College opened on 31 January 1978 with 15 students under teacher Viv Kuhl at Grace Lutheran Primary School at Clontarf. In 1980 it moved to its present site in Rothwell.
Mueller College was established on 30 January 1990 by the Mueller Community Church.
In 2015, the Moreton Bay Regional Council began a $18.8 million project to create the Nathan Road Sports Ground (27°12′50″S 153°04′23″E / 27.2138°S 153.0731°E) in Kippa-Ring to replace the AFL facility at flood-prone Rothwell Park. It is expected to be completed in 2020.
In the 2011 census, Rothwell had a population of 6,683 people, 52.8% female and 47.2% male. The median age of the Rothwell population was 36 years, 1 year below the national median of 37. 73.5% of people living in Rothwell were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.8%, England 5.4%, South Africa 0.9%, Philippines 0.9%, Samoa 0.8%. 87.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.7% Samoan, 0.4% Afrikaans, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.3% Dutch.
In the 2016 census, Rothwell had a population of 7,165 people.
In the 2021 census, Rothwell had a population of 7,538 people.
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