Toolooa QLD, 4680
Toolooa Real Estate: Suburb Profile
If you are considering buying, renting, or investing in Toolooa, QLD 4680, it's a good first step to establish if it is suitable for you (and your family?). The Homes.com.au suburb profile focuses on providing the best information on Toolooa property prices, market trends & demographics to enable you to make a smart decision on your next property move.
If you're looking at buying in Toolooa, have a little read of our historical overview to discover the amazing lifestyle and what makes this suburb a worthy option.
Overview Toolooa is a suburb that is part of the Gladstone region in Queensland, Australia. It is home to 944 residents as of 2016. The suburb is located 5 km south of Gladstone Central. It has many neighbouring suburbs such as Sun Valley, South Gladstone, South Trees, Telina, and Glen Eden.
Living in Toolooa The suburb of Toolooa is located close to Gladstone Central, which provides easy access to the city centre. Two hundred forty-three families live in the suburb of Toolooa (as of the 2016 census), and most of these families have children.
It also consists of over 400 private dwellings, and less than half of the residents live on rental properties. There is a secondary school in Toolooa located in Phillip Street – the Toolooa State High School. There are no primary schools in the suburb, although there are plenty of options near Kin Kora and South Gladstone.
History of Toolooa The suburb's name is derived from Aboriginal origin, particularly of the Gurang language of the indigenous people that initially settled in Barney Point. When Maurice Charles O'Connell arrived in Gladstone, he built a house in 1856 and named it Toolooa House. That same name was later used for a railway station located south of Gladstone, although that no longer exists today.
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