[3] The North Coast railway line enters the suburb from the west (Callemondah) and exits to the north-east (Gladstone Central/CBD); there are no railway stations within West Gladstone.

[3] Gladstone State High School opened on 2 February 1953.

[6][7] Gladstone West State School opened on 24 January 1966.

[6][8] A Catholic secondary school opened in 1966 with 23 boys and girls in Year 8 in temporary premises at the Star of the Sea Church and School in Gladstone CBD.

[6] In 1967, the school relocated to its present site in West Gladstone, where the Sisters of Mercy established Stella Maris College for the girls.

In 1968, the Marist Brothers established Chanel College as the school for the boys.

[11] The Mater Group closed the hospital due to declining numbers of private patients making it financially unviable.

The hospital had ceased maternity services in October 2018 and by January 2020 was only offering day surgery.