Calamvale, Queensland

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Calamvale is a suburb on the south side of Brisbane, Australia. A relatively large suburb, it adjoins Stretton, Parkinson, Sunnybank Hills, Acacia Ridge, Algester and Drewvale.

It is also very close to the Karawatha nature reserve. The crime rate is extremely low. The suburb has a medium-high average income per household. The only schools in Calamvale are the Calamvale Community College (which combines a primary and a secondary school) and Calamvale Special School.

The size of Calamvale is approximately 7 km². It has 9 parks covering nearly 1% of the total area. There are 2 schools and 2 childcare centres located in Calamvale. The population of Calamvale in 1996 was 6,053 people. By 2001 the population was 9,011 showing a population growth of 49% in the area during that time. The predominant age group in Calamvale is 20 - 29 years.

Households in Calamvale are primarily couples with children and are likely to be repaying between $1000.00 - $1200.00 per month on mortgage repayments. In general, people in Calamvale work in a professional occupation. In 1996, 71% of the homes in Calamvale were owner-occupied compared with 67% in 2001.

Currently the median sale price of houses in the area is $387,750. No train stations are situated in Calamvale, although Altandi and Runcorn train stations are only about a five-minute drive away. Travel to the Brisbane CBD is roughly 30 minutes (off peak) by car and 45 minutes - 1 hour by bus.

Calamvale is serviced by 8 bus routes operated by Brisbane Transport and Park Ridge Transit, as listed below. It is in Zone 5 of the TransLink zoning scheme.

115 - City : CityXpress via South Bank and Archerfield (Monday - Friday) (BT)
140 - City : CityXpress via South Bank, South-East Busway and Sunnybank (Every day) (BT)
141 - City : Rocket via Pacific Motorway, South-East Busway and Sunnybank (Peak flow Monday - Friday) (BT)
150 - City : BUZ via South Bank, South-East Busway, Garden City and Runcorn (Every day) (BT)
151 - City : Rocket via Pacific Motorway, South-East Busway and Mains Road (Peak flow Monday - Friday) (BT)
153 - City : Rocket via Gateway Motorway and Stretton (Peak flow Monday - Friday) (BT)
155 - City : CityXpress via Pacific Motorway, South-East Busway, Sunnybank and Runcorn (Monday - Friday) (BT)
540 - City : All Stops via Browns Plains, Park Ridge and Jimboomba (Monday - Friday) (PRT)