Algester, Queensland

For the state electorate, see Electoral district of Algester.

Algester Brisbane, Queensland
Population:	7,368 (2006 census)
Postcode:	4115
Location:	18 km (11 mi) from Brisbane GPO
LGA:	City of Brisbane
State electorate:	Algester
Federal Division:	Moreton, Oxley
Suburbs around Algester: Acacia Ridge Acacia Ridge Sunnybank Hills Willawong Algester Calamvale Parkinson Parkinson Larapinta

Algester is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of the central business district.

Algester was heavily developed after the Second World War and has also seen considerable recent development. It forms part of the Brisbane Agricultural Reserve, which once covered a large area of southern Brisbane.

The suburb's name is a corruption of "Alcester" Road. Briefly, in the 1970s it was named Ridgewood after the Ridgewood Heights estate, but became known officially as Algester in 1972.

Its population was estimated in the 2006 census at 7,368.

Notable people

• former Brisbane Broncos fullback Karmichael Hunt

See also

• List of Brisbane suburbs

External links

• University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Algester
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Algester (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC31013&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2008-02-28.