Electrician Moorooka

About Moorooka, QLD

Moorooka is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Moorooka had a population of 10,783 people. == Geography == Moorooka is 9.0 kilometres (5.6 mi) by road south of Brisbane's central business district. Ipswich Road enters the suburb from the north (Annerley) and exits to the south-west (Rocklea). Beaudesert Road splits from Ipswich Road within the suburb and exits to the south (Rocklea).The Gold Coast railway line passes along part of the western boundary of the suburb, which is serviced by the Moorooka railway station (27.5356°S 153.0139°E / -27.5356; 153.0139 (Moorooka railway station)).The neighbourhood of Moorvale is located around the intersection of Beaudesert Road and Mayfield Road (27.5328°S 153.0248°E / -27.5328; 153.0248 (Moorvale).The suburb has mixed uses - large areas, particularly in the elevated eastern side of the suburb are residential. The lower, western side of the suburb is dominated by retail, particularly motor vehicle dealerships along Ipswich Road, known popularly throughout Brisbane as the "Magic Mile", light industry and warehouses.Many of the houses are pre-war Queenslanders (on posts, with simple one floor, wooden construction), with small apartment blocks scattered through the suburb. As with many older suburbs of Brisbane, Moorooka is becoming gentrified, with many older homes now being either renovated and extended or replaced by more modern buildings. There are prime real estate areas on the top of hills, with views to the Great Dividing Range over Archerfield in the south, Seventeen Mile Rocks to the west, Mount Coot-tha, St. Lucia, Indooroopilly to the north-west and the city to the north. == History == The area is the traditional lands of the Australian Aboriginal Jagera people who lived there long before British settlement.