Kingsthorpe QLD, 4400
Kingsthorpe Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Whether buying, renting or investing in Kingsthorpe, QLD 4400, it's vital to decide whether the area is an ideal consideration, given your lifestyle and circumstances. The Homes.com.au suburb profile focuses on providing the best information on Kingsthorpe property prices, demographics & market trends to help you make informed decisions about your potential move to the suburb.
If you are making a move to Kingsthorpe, have a little read of our history lesson to find out more about the lifestyle and what makes this suburb so great.
Overview Kingsthorpe is a rural suburb in Toowomba Region in Queensland. It is situated in the Darling Downs farming region 21 kilometres away from the Toowomba central business district. Neighbouring Kingsthorpe is the localities of Oakey, Kings Siding, Cutella, Glencoe, Gowrie Junction, Charlton, Biddeston, Wellcamp, and Gowrie Mountain.
As of the 2016 census, 1,867 people call Kingsthorpe their home.
Living in Kingsthorpe Kingsthorpe is a quiet rural village, where homes are built on half-acre blocks. The suburb has several parks and recreational facilities, with picnic tables, BBQ facilities, sporting oval, tennis courts, and clubhouse.
As for schools, Kingsthorpe has a government primary school; however, there are no secondary schools in Kingsthorpe. The nearest ones are in the localities of Oakey, Highfields and Wilsonton Heights.
History of Kingsthorpe The town was named after the pastoralists Col. Henry Venn King and George Beresford King, who ran the Gowrie pastoral property.
One of the first establishments in the town was St. Gregory’s Anglican Church, which was relocated from Meringandan to Kingsthorpe in 1905. Six years after a government-run school, Kingsthorpe State School opened here.
Until 2008, Kingsthorpe was within the Shire of Rosalie but was amalgamated into the new Toowoomba Region local government area.
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