Chapel Hill, Queensland

Download coordinates as: Chapel Hill is a western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Chapel Hill is primarily a residential suburb, consisting of mostly detached housing and backs on to the Mt Coot-tha reserve and walking tracks.

[5][6] The suburb takes its name from the Primitive Methodist chapel built on the top of the hill in 1874.

[4] The ground for the Primitive Methodist Church in Indooroopilly (as Chapel Hill was then known) was officially broken in a ceremony on Monday 10 November 1873.

[14][15] In 1942, due to fears of a Japanese invasion during World War II, the school evacuated to Washpool.

[20] As at 2021, the site is still owned by the Salvation Army, but has been reduced to 53,320 square metres (13.18 acres)[6] and is used to operate The Cairns Aged Care Centre.

64.1% of people living in Chapel Hill were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 71.1%; the next most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, South Africa 3.1%, New Zealand 2.9%, China 2.2%, India 1.4%.

78.5% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 3.8% Mandarin, 1.3% Cantonese, 0.9% Spanish, 0.9% German, 0.8% Korean.

Chapel Hill has a highly educated population with over 49% of residents holding a bachelor's degree or above, compared to the Australian average of 22.0%.

The Western Freeway allows quick access to the suburb from around Brisbane and with the opening of the Legacy Way tunnel, the traffic flow is significantly better at peak times and the commute to the airport takes approx 25 mins, when travelling via both Legacy Way and Airport Link tunnels.

The 426 is an express bus that services only Chapel Hill, and then travels direct to the CBD via the Western Freeway (M5), Legacy Way Tunnel, and onto the Inner Northern Busway.

The morning P426 commute is less than 25 minutes from Chapel Hill to the Brisbane CBD, even in peak hour, due to this routing.

The 427 bus route provides direct access to Indooroopilly State High School and St Peters Lutheran College.

Methodist Church, celebrating its diamond jubilee, 1932
Methodist Chapel, 2011
Alkira Boys' Home, operated by the Salvation Army
Chapel Hill State School, 2014