Download coordinates as: Indooroopilly (/ˌɪndrəˈpɪli/ IN-drə-PIL-ee) is a riverside suburb 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) south-west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia.

There has been a trend towards increasing small lot and townhouse development in the suburb in recent years.

[citation needed] The area was first settled by Europeans in the 1860s and agriculture and dairying were common in the early years.

[citation needed] The parish was named in the late 1850s, and the first house was built in 1861 by Mr H C Rawnsley.

[13] The 1893 Brisbane flood destroyed the original Albert Bridge, and its replacement was opened in 1895.On 7 August 1909, auctioneer G.H.

In 1951 it was acquired by the University of Queensland as an experimental mine and teaching facility for engineering students (now part of the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre).

[32][33] In 1942, due to fears of a Japanese invasion during World War II, the school evacuated to Washpool.

[38] As at 2021, the site is still owned by the Salvation Army, but has been reduced to 53,320 square metres (13.18 acres)[39] and is used to operate The Cairns Aged Care Centre.

On Sunday 14 March 1926, Monsignor James Byrne laid the foundation stone of the Church of the Holy Family.

[43] On Sunday 4 July 1926 Monsignor Byrne opened and dedicated the new building to be used as both a church and a school.

[44] However, it was not until late 1927 that five Brigidine Sisters relocated from Randwick in Sydney to Indooroopilly to occupy the house Warranoke (built in 1888-1889 for Gilson Foxton and designed by architects Oakden, Addison and Kemp).

[48] In 1936, Roman Catholic Archbishop James Duhig granted 25 acres (10 ha) of river front land on the Chelmer Reach of the Brisbane River to the Christian Brothers to establish a junior preparatory school for St Joseph's College at Nudgee to relieve the pressure on the boarding school at Nudgee.

[49] St Joseph's Nudgee Junior College opened and blessed by Duhig on 10 July 1938.

[13][50] Indooroopilly was the location for Australia's principal interrogation centre during World War II.

[51] St Peter's Lutheran College opened on 25 February 1945 in the 1897 villa Ross Roy.

Its primary school St Peter's Lutheran Junior College opened on the same day but ceased to operate independently on 31 December 2001.

The other top responses for country of birth were China 3.7%, England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.5%, India 2.1%, Malaysia 1.8%.

70.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 6.3% Mandarin, 2.2% Cantonese, 1.7% Arabic, 1.2% Korean, 0.9% Spanish.

[78] Indooroopilly is also home to one of Brisbane's oldest Soccer Football Clubs, Taringa Rovers.

[79] The Brisbane City Council operate a public library in the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre (Station Road end).

[83] Moggill Road is the main thoroughfare, connecting Indooroopilly to Toowong and the city via Coronation Drive (inbound), and Chapel Hill and Kenmore (outbound).

There is a bus interchange adjoining the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, where Transport for Brisbane operates services to the CBD, university and other western suburbs.

Indooroopilly railway station provides frequent services to the Brisbane CBD, Ipswich, Richlands and Caboolture.