SUBURB PROFILE JIMBOOMBA QLD 4280 JIMBOOMBA Suburb Profile I 1 Introducing… Jimboomba Situated in Logan City, a fast-growing area directly in-between the economically prosperous Brisbane City and Australia’s premier tourist destination; the Gold Coast City, Jimboomba is positioned for massive employment and population growth. Over the next 25 years, the Jimboomba Level 2 Statistical Area’s population is expected to grow 4.6% per year, which is more than double Queensland’s 25-year growth rate of 1.9% per year. As a result of this extraordinary growth, the Jimboomba Level 2 Statistical Area’s current population of 20,200, will triple in size to 62,400 by 2036. Due to its significant population increase, the area has been ranked eighth in the top ten areas with the largest population increases in Queensland. Logan City is the third fastest growing local government area (LGA) in Queensland, as well as the fourth largest growing LGA in Queensland, from 2011 to 2036. An additional 234,000 people are expected to call Logan City home and by 2036, the total population will smash the half a million mark at 522,000 people. Such a massive, future population requires support in the form of dwellings and jobs. According to statistics, between 70,000 and 84,000 new, residential dwellings will be provided to Logan City residents from 2006 to 2031. Jimboomba residents specifically, will benefit from the 10,000 to 12,000 new homes added by the Flagstone Estate alone, upon its completion in 2045. Additionally, they will have access to the 10,000 to 20,000 new jobs triggered by the projected 120% employment growth for Jimboomba and surrounding suburbs, between 2006 and 2026. Flagstone Estate will contribute approximately 10,000 of the total projected jobs by 2045. Other projects in progress, approved or proposed that are set to contribute jobs to the area include the $11 billion Yarrabilba Estate, the $600 million Redevelopment of the Jeta Gardens Retirement and Aged Care Resort in Bethania and the $550 million Eco-friendly Tourism Village at Carbrook. Jimboomba residents currently have access to a wide range of amenities, such as schools, childcare centres, tertiary education institutions, shopping centres, hospitals, train stations, bus stops and entertainment amenities. Top-performing schools like Emmaus College and the Hills International College are mere minutes from the Jimboomba CBD, while the Springfield Campus of the award-winning University of Southern Queensland is only a 24 minutes’ drive away. Within walking distance of the Jimboomba CBD are childcare centres, such as the Jimboomba Community Kindergarten, shopping centres like the Jimboomba Shopping Centre and medical centres such as the Jimboomba Pharmacy Medical Centre. Bus stops for the 540 bus can also be found in the CBD. Easily accessible entertainment facilities are not limited to parks, swimming pools, libraries and a golf course. If residents need a hospital, there’s the Beaudesert Public Hospital less than a 20 minutes’ drive south of the Jimboomba CBD. Two train stations, the Springfield Central Railway Station and the Loganlea Railway Station, which are 25 minutes and 26 minutes away, respectively, allow Jimboomba residents to travel to the Brisbane CBD and to suburbs in the Gold Coast like Coomera. Via the Springfield train, the Brisbane CBD is approximately 40 minutes away. As Jimboomba lies beside the Mount Lindesay Highway, travelling to the Brisbane CBD or to Surfers Paradise via car is easy. A 43 minutes’ drive north using the highway is the Brisbane CBD, while an hours’ drive south-east is Surfers Paradise. (Sources: Better Education Pty Ltd 2015; BITRE 2013; Google Maps 2015; Jeta Gardens Retirement and Aged Care Resort 2015; Lend Lease Corporation 2015; Logan City Council 2014; Logan City Council 2015; My School 2015; NAPLAN 2014; NearMap 2015; Peet Limited 2015; QGSO 2013; QGSO 2015; REMPLAN 2015; State of Queensland 2015; Terry Ryder Hotspotting Report 2014; Translink 2015; University of Southern Queensland 2015; Where Is 2015) JIMBOOMBA Suburb Profile I 2 JIMBOOMBA Home to billion-dollar Flagstone Estate (in progress) ________________________________________________ In the heart of it all (directly in-between Brisbane & Gold Coast) ________________________________________________ 62,000+ people in Jimboomba area by 2041 ________________________________________________ JIMBOOMBA AREA Population will triple from 2011 to 2036 _________________________________________________ Situated in Logan City 3RD FASTEST growing local government area in QLD (from 2011 to 2036) _________________________________________________ 522,000+ people in Logan City by 2031 _________________________________________________ $17+ BILLION in projects in Logan City _________________________________________________ EMPLOYMENT Jimboomba and surrounding suburbs expect growth of: 120%+ JIMBOOMBA(10,000-20,000 Suburb Profile I 3 new jobs by 2026) Education A diverse range of primary and secondary schools, special schools, childcare centres and award-winning tertiary education institutions can be found within a half an hours’ drive of the Jimboomba CBD. Flagstone State School, Jimboomba State School and Woodhill State School are three nearby primary schools. Less than 15 minutes away via car are top-performing secondary schools like the Park Ridge State High School, Beaudesert State High School, Emmaus College and the Hills International College. Special schools, such as the Calamvale Special School and childcare centres like the Jimboomba Community Kindergarten are also, easily accessible. University of Southern Queensland’s Springfield Campus, TAFE Queensland South West’s Springfield Campus, Union Institute of Language’s Springfield Campus and the Business Faculty of Evocca College are four of the five tertiary education facilities within a 25 minutes’ drive of the Jimboomba CBD. By 2045, there will be additional primary and secondary schools and childcare centres in Flagstone Estate, as well as a tertiary education institution. Schools Primary Schools Jimboomba State School (400m, 30sec from Jimboomba) Co-educational, contained approximately 800+ students from Prep to Year 6 in 2014 Facilities include a pool, a hall, a science room, a library, a Special Education Program facility dedicated to students with disabilities, outside school hours care area (OSHC) etc. Flagstone State School (8km, 8min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, contains approximately 680+ students from Prep to Year 6 in 2015 Facilities include a tuckshop, a uniform shop, outside school hours care area (OSHC), a sports hall, a playroom, a library, computer rooms etc. Woodhill State School (9km, 7min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, contained approximately 250 students from Prep to Year 6 in 2014 Facilities include a tuckshop, a library, computer and art rooms etc. Veresdale Scrub State School (11km, 10min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, contained approximately 120+ students from Prep to Year 6 in 2014 Facilities include two undercover playgrounds, a multi-purpose court, a cultural centre etc. Logan Village State School (14km, 12min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, offers Special Education, Intervention and Extension Programs for children with special needs, contains approximately 600+ students from Prep to Year 6 in 2015 Facilities include playgrounds, a uniform shop, a science centre etc. Gleneagle State School (15km, 11min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, contained approximately 150+ students from Prep to Year 6 in 2014 Facilities consist of playgrounds (a new playground for the older children to be built in the near future), a tuckshop, a uniform shop etc. Greenbank State School (16km, 14min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, offers a Special Education Program for children with special needs, school contains approximately 1000+ students from Prep to Year 6 in 2015 Facilities include a tuckshop, a uniform shop, outside school hours care area (OSHC), undercover playgrounds, a library, computer spaces, tennis courts, an oval etc. Park Ridge State School (17km, 15min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, offers an intervention and learning support program to all students, school contains approximately 570 students from Prep to Year 6 in 2015 Facilities include three playing fields, a swimming pool, tennis courts, a hall and resource centre (outside school hours care programs operate in hall) etc. JIMBOOMBA Suburb Profile I 4 Other easily accessible primary schools include: Regents Park State School Boronia Heights State School St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Beaudesert State School Yugumbir State School St Bernardine’s Catholic Primary School Logan Reserve State School Cedar Creek State School Waterford State School Secondary Schools Flagstone State Community College (9km, 8min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, offers a Special Education Program for children with special needs, school contained approximately 804 students from Years 7 to 12 in 2014 Flagstone College was a finalist in QLD Government’s most prestigious educational awards; the yearly Showcase Awards for Excellence in Schools, it was a finalist specifically for The Queensland University of Technology Showcase Award for Excellence in Leadership in 2008 Facilities include a tuckshop, a uniform shop, a library, a sports hall etc. Park Ridge State High School (17km, 14min from Jimboomba) Co-educational, offers Extension Programs like Scipod to help prepare students for the work environment, school contained approximately 950+ students