Banyo, Queensland

Banyo is a northern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[2] It is a community split between residential and industrial land usage, the latter being attracted by the accessibility of local transport, including the Gateway Motorway.

Description

Banyo and the neighbouring suburb Nudgee, with which it is intertwined in many respects, are both rich in local history. This history includes the recent preservation of an Aboriginal Bora Ring. The areas of Nudgee and Nudgee Beach border on the Boondall Wetlands, which is protected by the Brisbane City Council.

Real estate map for sale of residential blocks to the south of Banyo railway station

Banyo has vastly increased the number of its business and industrial parks in recent years due to its close proximity to Brisbane Airport and the nearby Port of Brisbane. Nudgee Road is progressively becoming a commercial hub due to its connection to the Gateway Motorway, with a large service centre and petrol station and with new industrial grounds under construction overlooking the motorway itself.

The Australian Catholic University chose to establish its Brisbane campus on the site of the former Pius XII Seminary, which boosted the housing market within Banyo.

A new residential estate, 'Couture', has recently been developed on the site of an old Army depot lying adjacent to the Golden Circle cannery based in next-door Northgate. Another new residential estate, 'Vitale' has also recently been constructed nearby.

Banyo's commercial centre (the area surrounding Banyo railway station) has recently been enhanced following a Brisbane City Council Suburban Community Improvement Project (SCIP).

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Banyo recorded a population of 5,607 people, 49.6% female and 50.4% male.

The median age of the Banyo population is 36 years of age, 1 year below the Australian average.

71.5% of people living in Banyo were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.7%, India 3.8%, England 2.3%, Philippines 1.3%, China 1.2%.

82.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 2.6% Punjabi, 1.2% Mandarin, 0.9% Hindi, 0.7% Tongan, 0.7% Vietnamese.

Transport

Banyo railway station provides access to regular Citytrain services to Brisbane and Shorncliffe. The 306 bus service operated by Brisbane City Council also goes to the Cultural Centre via Fortitude Valley.^[3]

Banyo Station has recently undergone an upgrade. The upgrade included restoring the 100-year-old station building, toilet upgrade, new and improved station furniture and signage, fresh painting and station cleaning.

The Australian Catholic University operates a free bus for students that runs from Toombul to the university via Northgate Railway Station and another bus between the university and Westfield Chermside.

Sport

Despite its name, the Virginia Golf Club is located at Elliott Road, Banyo.^[4]

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Banyo". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
↑ "Banyo (entry 47655)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
↑ TransLink Transit Authority, Bus timetables, archived from the original on 2010-11-14, retrieved 8 July 2013
↑ "Virginia Golf Club". Virginia Golf Club. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Banyo, Queensland.

University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Banyo
"Banyo". BRISbites. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008.
"Banyo". Our Brisbane. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008.

Coordinates: 27°22′34″S 153°04′44″E / 27.37611°S 153.07889°E / -27.37611; 153.07889 (Banyo)

Suburbs of the City of Brisbane, Queensland

North side	Albion Alderley Ascot Aspley Bald Hills Banyo Boondall Bowen Hills Bracken Ridge Bridgeman Downs Brighton Brisbane Airport Brisbane CBD Carseldine Chermside Chermside West Clayfield Deagon Eagle Farm England Creek Enoggera Everton Park Ferny Grove Fitzgibbon Fortitude Valley Gaythorne Geebung Gordon Park Grange Hamilton Hendra Herston Kedron Kelvin Grove Keperra Lutwyche McDowall Mitchelton New Farm Newmarket Newstead Northgate Nudgee Nudgee Beach Nundah Pinkenba Sandgate Shorncliffe Spring Hill Stafford Stafford Heights Taigum Teneriffe Upper Kedron Virginia Wavell Heights Wilston Windsor Wooloowin Zillmere

West side	Anstead Ashgrove Auchenflower Banks Creek Bardon Bellbowrie Brookfield Carole Park Chapel Hill Chelmer Chuwar Corinda Darra Doolandella Durack Ellen Grove Enoggera Reservoir Fig Tree Pocket Forest Lake Graceville Heathwood Inala Indooroopilly Jamboree Heights Jindalee Karana Downs Kenmore Kenmore Hills Kholo Lake Manchester Middle Park Milton Moggill Mount Coot-tha Mount Crosby Mount Ommaney Oxley Pallara Paddington Petrie Terrace Pinjarra Hills Pullenvale Red Hill Richlands Riverhills St Lucia Seventeen Mile Rocks Sherwood Sinnamon Park Sumner Taringa The Gap Toowong Upper Brookfield Wacol Westlake Willawong

South side	Acacia Ridge Algester Annerley Archerfield Berrinba Burbank Calamvale Coopers Plains Drewvale Dutton Park Eight Mile Plains Fairfield Greenslopes Highgate Hill Holland Park Holland Park West Karawatha Kuraby Larapinta Macgregor Mackenzie Mansfield Moorooka Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt East Nathan Parkinson Robertson Rochedale Rocklea Runcorn Salisbury South Brisbane Stretton Sunnybank Sunnybank Hills Tarragindi Tennyson Upper Mount Gravatt West End Wishart Woolloongabba Yeerongpilly Yeronga

East side	Balmoral Belmont Bulimba Camp Hill Cannon Hill Capalaba West (defunct) Carina Carina Heights Carindale Chandler Coorparoo East Brisbane Gumdale Hawthorne Hemmant Kangaroo Point Lota Lytton Manly Manly West Morningside Murarrie Norman Park Port of Brisbane Ransome Seven Hills Tingalpa Wakerley Wynnum Wynnum West

Moreton Bay	Bulwer Cowan Cowan Kooringal Moreton Island

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