Download coordinates as: Rothwell is a coastal suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Rothwell is in the west of the Redcliffe Peninsula, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland.

[3] Anzac Avenue enters the suburb from the east (Kippa-Ring) and proceeds west, where at a large intersection (27°12′55″S 153°02′51″E / 27.2152°S 153.0475°E / -27.2152; 153.0475 (Roundabout at the junction of Anzac Avenue and Deception Bay Road)) Anzac Avenue continues to the south-west exiting to Mango Hill, while Deception Bay Road heads north-west exiting to the suburb of Deception Bay.

[3] In 1888 and 1889 (when the area was known as Deception Bay), there was a long-running attempt to sell a subdivision known as the Isle of Man estate (27°13′05″S 153°02′18″E / 27.2180°S 153.0382°E / -27.2180; 153.0382 (Isle of Man estate)), bounded to the east, south and west by Saltwater Creek (called Fresh Water Creek in the advertising material).

This stone obelisk was placed on a small triangular piece of land at the intersection of Anzac Memorial Avenue and the Deception Bay Road, later moving to nearby Rothwell Park (27°13′02″S 153°02′42″E / 27.2173°S 153.0451°E / -27.2173; 153.0451 (T. J. Rothwell monument)) when a roundabout was built on the original site.

[16][18] In 2015, the Moreton Bay Regional Council began a $18.8 million project to create the Nathan Road Sports Ground (27°12′50″S 153°04′23″E / 27.2138°S 153.0731°E / -27.2138; 153.0731 (Nathan Road Sports Ground)) in Kippa-Ring to replace the AFL facility at flood-prone Rothwell Park.

The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.8%, England 5.4%, South Africa 0.9%, Philippines 0.9%, Samoa 0.8%.

87.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.7% Samoan, 0.4% Afrikaans, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Vietnamese, 0.3% Dutch.

[3] Rothwell is a residential area with a growing commercial district, home to The Zone and a mixture of diverse retail businesses.