Capalaba, Queensland

{{redirect|Capalaba|the Queensland electoral division|Electoral district of Capalaba}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Capalaba | city = Redland City | state = qld | image = Capalaba 2018.jpg | caption = Intersection opposite Capalaba Park, 2018 | coordinates = {{coord|-27.5447|153.1972|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Capalaba (centre of locality)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 12 | pop = 8,002 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4157 | area = 18.7 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 9.5 <!-- road distances as per template instructions --> | dir1 = W | location1 = Cleveland | dist2 = 21.8 | dir2 = ESE | location2 = Brisbane CBD | dist3 = | dir3 = | location3 = | dist4 = | dir4 = | location4 = | lga = Redland City | stategov = Capalaba | fedgov = Bowman | near-n = Birkdale | near-ne = Alexandra Hills | near-e = Alexandra Hills | near-se = Thornlands | near-s = Sheldon | near-sw = Burbank | near-w = Burbank | near-nw = Chandler }} '''Capalaba''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|p|æ|l|ə|b|ɑː}} {{respell|kə|PAL|ə|bah}}) is an urban locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|43628|Capalaba|locality in City of Redland|accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Capalaba had a population of 18,002 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

==Geography== The suburb has large shopping and commercial centres with two malls and a major bus station, as well as light industrial zones surrounded by bushland and residential streets, making it the second most populous suburb in the Redlands.<ref name="tourismplan">{{cite web|url=http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/Tourism/Documents/Tourism-Strategy-and-Action-Plan.pdf|title=Redland City Tourism Strategy and Action Plan 2015-2020|publisher=Redland City Council|access-date=17 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722214225/http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/Tourism/Documents/Tourism-Strategy-and-Action-Plan.pdf|archive-date=22 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Surrounding suburbs include Alexandra Hills, Birkdale, and Sheldon, also in Redland City, along with Burbank and Chandler (and formerly Capalaba West), which lie within Brisbane.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Tingalpa Creek marks the border between the present-day suburb Capalaba in Redland City (to the east) and the City of Brisbane (to the west),<ref name="uq"/> making the suburb a gateway to the coastal Redlands region for urban Brisbanites.<ref name="tourismplan"/>

Leslie Harrison Dam is on Tingalpa Creek.<ref name="globe" />

==History== [[File:StateLibQld_1_107908_Bridge_over_Tingalpa_Creek,_Brisbane,_1936.jpg|thumb|left|An early bridge across the Tingalpa Creek, connecting the City of Brisbane and Shire of Redland, circa 1936.]] The name of Capalaba is believed to be derived from the Indigenous Yugarabul word for the ringtail possum, a marsupial native to the area.<ref name="redland1">{{cite web |url=http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Capalaba.aspx |title=Capalaba |publisher=Redland City Council |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722214426/http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Capalaba.aspx |archive-date=22 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="brisbites">{{cite web|url=http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=77&topic=1 |title=Capalaba West: Environment |publisher=BRISbites |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720212633/http://www.brisbites.com/suburbView.asp?suburb=77&topic=1 |archive-date=20 July 2008 }}</ref>

European settlement began in the 1850s, led by farmers, lumberjacks, and sawmill operators.<ref name="redland1"/><ref name="redland2">{{cite web|url=http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Capalaba-timeline.aspx|title=Capalaba timeline|publisher=Redland City Council|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530004952/http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Capalaba-timeline.aspx|archive-date=30 May 2016|access-date=17 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The town of Tingalpa ({{coord|-27.5174|153.1816|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Town of Tingalpa/Capalaba}}) was surveyed in 1863 with the name of the town changed to Capalaba in 1927. The town was on the western side of the creek (now in the suburb of Chandler).<ref name="qpn46164">{{cite QPN|46164|Capalaba|population centre in City of Brisbane|accessdate=26 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> The town was close to a ford of Tingalpa Creek known as The Rocks Crossing ({{Coord|-27.5185|153.1882|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=The Rocks Crossing}}) which had been identified by surveyor James Warner in 1850. The ford formed part of the route from Brisbane to Cleveland until 1874 when a bridge was built over the creek along Old Cleveland Road ({{Coord|-27.5195|153.1867|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba Bridge}}).<ref name=rhr9/><ref name="uq">{{cite web|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185263/THE16194.pdf|title=Living on the Edge: along Tingalpa Creek|publisher=Mary Howells, University of Queensland|access-date=17 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520035740/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185263/THE16194.pdf|archive-date=20 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="redland2" />

In the early days, the community was split into three settlements known as The Rocks, the Sawmills, and Upper Tingalpa. Although a school was desired, it was difficult to agree on the settlement at which it would be established. Tingalpa Bridge Provisional School opened on 30 July 1874 in a wooden shed. This school closed and then Tingalpa Upper Provisional School opened. Believing that the number of children in the district justified the establishment of a state school, a public meeting was held on 29 March 1879 to formally apply for a state school. The application was approved but the issue of the location continued to be argued. Finally the issue was resolved with the selection of a {{Convert|30|acre|adj=on}} site on Mount Cotton Road, now 5A-51 School Road ({{Coord|-27.5357|153.1904|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba State School (former)}}),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=1987|title=9542-41134 Capalaba 34|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2500-9542-41134-capalaba-34-1987.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=21 June 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621030950/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2500-9542-41134-capalaba-34-1987.jpg}}</ref> which was equally distant (about {{Convert|1.5|mi}}) from all three settlements. On 5 July 1880 Capalaba State School (Capalaba being the informal name for the district) opened with 22 students, rising to 43 students by 1884. However, student numbers fell when the sawmills closed and the opening of the Cleveland railway line in 1889 meant Capalaba was not longer on the main route to Cleveland which further depressed the district's economy. In 1912 the teachers' residence at the school burned down. In 1922 the school was declared closed and its school building was to be relocated, but pressure from the local residents resulted in the school reopening in 1924. The population in the district increased during the Great Depression in the 1930s as people moved to Capalaba from Brisbane to find cheaper housing, enabling the school to have a sufficient enrolment to maintain the school. In 2005 it merged with adjacent Capalaba State High School to create Capalaba State College, using the combined sites.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-04|title=History|url=https://capalabasc.eq.edu.au/our-college/history|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Capalaba State College|language=en|archive-date=27 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427180049/https://capalabasc.eq.edu.au/our-college/history|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citation|author1=Capalaba State School|title=Capalaba State School Centenary 1880-1980|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14898185|publication-date=1980|publisher=Capalaba State School Centenary Committee|access-date=21 June 2021|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621031005/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/14898185|url-status=live}}</ref>

The town was originally officially known as Tingalpa, presumably taking its name from the creek, this caused confusion due to the existence of another area of the same name and so in 1927 the town's name was officially changed to Capalaba (the name in common use).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99920183|title=NEW NAME|date=11 December 1927|newspaper=Sunday Mail|access-date=14 November 2019|issue=237|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621030938/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/99920183|url-status=live}}</ref>

In July 1925, local Methodists began to raise funds to build a church.<ref>{{cite news|date=31 July 1925|title=CLEVELAND LINE|page=14|newspaper=The Daily Mail|issue=7308|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217595464|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=31 August 2021|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831072603/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/217595464|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=5 November 1925|title=CAPALABA.|page=13|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=21,149|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20974729|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=31 August 2021|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831072618/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/20974729|url-status=live}}</ref> By 1975 a Methodist church had been established in Ney Road.<ref name="gregorys1975churches">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Gregory's Street Directory of Brisbane and Suburbs and Metropolitan Road Guide|year=1975|edition=11|pages=105–112|chapter=Index to Churches}}</ref><!-- I cannot find when this church was established -->

The first drive-in movie theatre in Queensland opened at Capalaba in December 1955 at the corner of Redland Bay Road and Mount Cotton Road ({{Coord|-27.5223|153.1902|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba drive-in theatre (first site)}}).<ref>{{Cite web|date=1974|title=9542-41 Capalaba|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9542-41-capalaba-ed-1-1974.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=21 June 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831072605/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-line-colour-9542-41-capalaba-ed-1-1974.jpg}}</ref> In 1979 it was closed to make way for the construction of the Capalaba Park Shopping Centre. The drive-in was re-established in 1980 at 188-216 Redland Bay Road (behind the ten-pin bowling alley, {{Coord|-27.5314|153.2063|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba drive-in theatre (2nd site)}}).<ref>{{Cite web|date=1995|title=9542-41 Capalaba|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-image-colour-9542-41-capalaba-ed-1-1995.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=21 June 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831072604/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-25000-image-colour-9542-41-capalaba-ed-1-1995.jpg}}</ref> The drive-in closed in 1997.<ref name="redland2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hurst|first=Brian|date=2013-04-08|title=Shopping takes over from drive-in|url=https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1416023/shopping-takes-over-from-drive-in/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Redland City Bulletin|language=en-AU|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213093205/https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1416023/shopping-takes-over-from-drive-in/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Capalaba Drive-In in Capalaba, AU|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/53346|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Cinema Treasures|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303121814/http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/53346}}</ref>

The construction of the Leslie Harrison Dam (completed in 1968) created a major source of freshwater for the then Redland Shire in the 1960s.<ref name="uq" /> This led to considerable growth in residential, commercial and industrial land during the 1970s in this former rural area.<ref name="redland2" /><ref name=":2" /> Continued urban growth led to the district being split becoming two suburbs on either side of Tingalpa Creek with the suburb of Capalaba in Redland Shire (to the east of the creek) and the suburb of Capalaba West (now Chandler, {{Coord|27.515|S|153.179|E|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba West (former)}}) in the City of Brisbane (to the west of the creek).<ref name="qpnl" /><ref name="qpn1">{{cite QPN|46561|Chandler|suburb in City of Brisbane (formerly Capalaba West)|access-date=28 September 2017}}</ref>

Capalaba State High School opened on 24 January 1978 on a {{Convert|20|acre|adj=on}} site immediately east of the Capalaba State School at 53–59 School Road ({{Coord|-27.5361|153.1960|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba State High School (former)}}).<ref name=":3" /> In 2005 the two schools merged to create Capalaba State College, occupying the combined sites.<ref name="qfhs" />

Capalaba Park Shopping Centre opened to the public in 1981 on the site of Queensland's first drive-in theatre.<ref name="RCB Photos">{{cite news|date=17 May 2013|title=Then and now: Redlands history in photos|work=Redland City Bulletin|publisher=Australian Community Media|url=https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1400797/then-and-now-redlands-history-in-photos/|access-date=13 February 2020|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213093207/https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1400797/then-and-now-redlands-history-in-photos/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RCB TT">{{cite news|date=3 October 2013|title=THROWBACK THURSDAY|work=Redland City Bulletin|publisher=Australian Community Media|url=https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1817739/throwback-thursday/|access-date=13 February 2020|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213093205/https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1817739/throwback-thursday/|url-status=live}}</ref> The theatre was originally relocated to a new site behind the shopping centre, but then closed entirely in 1997 following an expansion of the centre to include new cinemas.<ref name="RCB Shopping">{{cite news|last1=Hurst|first1=Brian|date=8 April 2013|title=Shopping takes over from drive-in|work=Redland City Bulletin|publisher=Australian Community Media|url=https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1416023/shopping-takes-over-from-drive-in/|access-date=13 February 2020|archive-date=13 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213093205/https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/1416023/shopping-takes-over-from-drive-in/|url-status=live}}</ref> FPDSavills' Byvan division gave the centre its "Shopping Centre of the Year Award" in 2002.<ref>{{cite news|date=2002-07-29|title=Capalaba beats its rival to top award.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-90009277.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2008-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021221011/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-90009277.html|archive-date=2012-10-21}}</ref>

Coolnwynpin State School opened on 23 January 1984.<ref name="qfhs" />

St Luke's Catholic Parish School opened in January 1989 with 11 staff and 95 students under the leadership of Sister Lynne Albury, the school's first principal.<ref name="qfhs" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our History|url=http://www.stlukescapalaba.qld.edu.au/school-profile/Pages/Our-History.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=St Luke's Catholic Parish School|archive-date=18 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318222708/http://www.stlukescapalaba.qld.edu.au/school-profile/Pages/Our-History.aspx}}</ref>

Capalaba Library opened in 1996.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Capalaba West was a related suburb located on the opposite side of Tingalpa Creek, and was part of the City of Brisbane rather than the Redlands.<ref name="brisbites" /> It retained the ''Capalaba West'' name until 2010, when it became incorporated into the Brisbane suburb of Chandler.<ref name="webconsole">{{cite web |url=http://www.thewebconsole.com/process/viewEmail.php?id=E0220081201232320afdTf6BNtB0%3D&cId=254740&r=107538#Capalaba_West |title=Capalaba West suburb Name Change |publisher=Councillor Adrian Schrinner |date=May 2010 |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301105143/http://www.thewebconsole.com/process/viewEmail.php?id=E0220081201232320afdTf6BNtB0%3D&cId=254740&r=107538#Capalaba_West |archive-date=1 March 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Demographics== In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the population of Capalaba was 16,644.<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC30316|name=Capalaba (State Suburb)|accessdate=16 February 2014|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the population of Capalaba was 17,333 of whom 50.4% were female and 49.6% were male. The median age of the Capalaba population was 37 years old, 1 year below the national median of 38 years old. 74.4% of people living in Capalaba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (6.6%), England (4.4%), South Africa (1.0%), the Philippines (1.0%), and India (0.9%). 87.7% of people speak English as their first language; the next most common languages were Mandarin Chinese (0.6%), Hindi, Tagalog, Italian, and Greek (all 0.5%).<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30528|name=Capalaba (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Capalaba had a population of 18,002 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30524|name=Capalaba (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

== Heritage listings == [[File:Leslie_Harrison_Dam_from_Allambee_Crescent.jpg|thumb|Tingalpa Reservoir, formed by Leslie Harrison Dam, viewed from a residential street of Capalaba. Mount Petrie can be seen in the background.]]Capalaba has the following heritage-listed sites:

* The Rocks Crossing, a ford across Tingalpa Creek, off Old Cleveland Road<ref name=rhr9>{{Cite web|title=Loclal Heritage Register: 9 - Capalaba: The Rocks Crossing, Tingalpa Creek|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/3121/heritage_card_9_-_capalaba_rocks_crossing.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=19 June 2021|publisher=Redland City Council|archive-date=2 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402090919/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/3121/heritage_card_9_-_capalaba_rocks_crossing.pdf}}</ref> * US Army Radio Receiving Station, Capalaba, 362–388 Old Cleveland Road East, now in Birkdale ({{coord|-27.5095|153.2031|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=inline|name=US Army Radio Receiving Station}})<ref>{{cite QHR||US Army Radio Receiving Station (former)|650249|access-date=14 October 2024}}</ref> * Tallowwood Tree (over 400 years old), 17 Runnymede Road on the Indigiscapes' Tallowood View Trail<ref name="rhr49">{{Cite web|title=Local Heritage Register: 49 - Capalaba: Tallowood Tree|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/3129/heritage_card_49_-_capalaba_tallowwood_tree.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=19 June 2021|publisher=Redland City Council|archive-date=9 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409221511/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/download/downloads/id/3129/heritage_card_49_-_capalaba_tallowwood_tree.pdf}}</ref>

==Education== Coolnwynpin State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 6 Telaska Court ({{coord|-27.5462|153.2042|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Coolnwynpin State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=21 November 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Coolnwynpin State School|url=https://coolnwynpinss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|accessdate=24 April 2021|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306040918/https://coolnwynpinss.eq.edu.au/}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 427 students with 34 teachers (31 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|accessdate=28 January 2020|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" />

St Luke's Catholic Parish School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 45 Degen Road ({{coord|-27.5493|153.1960|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Luke's Catholic Parish School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|title=St Luke's Catholic Parish School|url=http://www.stlukescapalaba.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live|accessdate=24 April 2021|archive-date=18 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318222746/http://www.stlukescapalaba.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 333 students with 25 teachers (20 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" />

Capalaba State College is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood to Year 12) school for boys and girls at School Road ({{coord|-27.5364|153.1898|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba State College}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Capalaba State College|url=https://capalabasc.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|accessdate=24 April 2021|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304092803/https://capalabasc.eq.edu.au/}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 783 students with 77 teachers (71 full-time equivalent) and 45 non-teaching staff (33 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018" /> It includes a special education program.<ref name="SchoolList2018" />

Turning Point Positive Learning Centre is a specific-purpose primary and secondary (5–10) school at School Road ({{coord|-27.5364|153.1898|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Turning Point Positive Learning Centre}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /> It is a school for children who require support beyond that of a conventional classroom with a goal of either returning the child to a conventional classroom or undertaking vocational training.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-06|title=Positive Learning Centres|url=https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/budgets-funding-grants/grants/state-schools/core-funding/positive-learning-centres|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Education Queensland|language=en|archive-date=8 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008211710/https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/budgets-funding-grants/grants/state-schools/core-funding/positive-learning-centres}}</ref>

==Amenities== thumb|right|Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Main Entrance [[File:Capalaba_Library.jpg|thumb|The entrance to the Capalaba Library, located between the Capalaba Park and Capalaba Central shopping centres, adjacent to the Capalaba bus station.]] Capalaba Park Shopping Centre is bounded by Redland Bay Road, Moreton Bay Road, and Mount Cotton Road ({{Coord|-27.5243|153.1911|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba Park Shopping Centre}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Capalaba Park - everything for you|url=https://www.capalabapark.com.au/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Capalaba Park|language=en-US|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306053025/https://www.capalabapark.com.au/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Capalaba Central Shopping Centre is at 38–62 Moreton Bay Road ({{Coord|-27.5234|153.1946|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba Central Shopping Centre}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Capalaba Central Shopping Centre|url=http://www.capalabacentral.com.au/|access-date=2021-04-24|website=www.capalabacentral.com.au|archive-date=17 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417231333/http://www.capalabacentral.com.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> It includes an Event Cinemas movie theatre complex.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Capalaba - Event Cinemas|url=https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Cinema/Capalaba|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Event Cinemas|language=en|archive-date=12 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312123621/https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Cinema/Capalaba}}</ref>

Redland City Council operates the Capalaba Library at 14 Noleen Street ({{Coord|-27.5230|153.1929|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba Library}}).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/info/20168/library_opening_hours_and_locations|title=Library opening hours and locations|website=Redland City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130141909/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/info/20168/library_opening_hours_and_locations|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref> There is an adjacent council service centre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contact us {{!}} Redland City Council|url=https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/contact|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Redland City Council|language=en|archive-date=2 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402081025/https://www.redland.qld.gov.au/contact}}</ref>

Redlands IndigiScapes Centre is an environmental education centre at 17 Runnymede Road ({{Coord|-27.5474|153.2189|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Redlands IndigiScapes Centre}}).<ref name="tourismplan" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indigiscapes.com.au/|title=Conserving our natural heritage|website=www.indigiscapes.com.au|language=en-us|access-date=13 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316195503/http://indigiscapes.com.au/|archive-date=16 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Capalaba Uniting Church is at 30 Ney Road ({{Coord|-27.5374|153.2013|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba Uniting Church}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Capalaba Uniting Church|url=https://www.capalabaunitingchurch.com/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-31|language=en|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414040325/https://www.capalabaunitingchurch.com/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Capalaba Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/4755-capalaba-uniting-church|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=31 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831072603/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/uniting-church-in-australia/directory/4755-capalaba-uniting-church}}</ref>

There are a number of parks in the locality, including:

* Bowen Street Park ({{coord|-27.5201|153.2044|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Bowen Street Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation">{{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Land for public recreation - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref> * Capalaba Regional Park ({{coord|-27.5218|153.1870|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Capalaba Regional Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Chatsworth Circuit Park ({{coord|-27.5437|153.1894|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Chatsworth Circuit Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Coolnwynpin Nature Refuge ({{coord|-27.5499|153.2068|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Coolnwynpin Nature Refuge}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Coolnwypin Nature Refuge ({{coord|-27.5608|153.2038|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Coolnwypin Nature Refuge}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Crotona Road Park ({{coord|-27.5297|153.2061|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Crotona Road Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Firtree Street Park ({{coord|-27.5604|153.2136|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Firtree Street Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Handsworth Street Park ({{coord|-27.5400|153.1951|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Handsworth Street Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Holland Cresent Park ({{coord|-27.5305|153.1928|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Holland Cresent Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * John Fredericks Park ({{coord|-27.5191|153.1884|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=John Fredericks Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Kilarney Cresent Park ({{coord|-27.5290|153.1857|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Kilarney Cresent Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Mahogany Street Park ({{coord|-27.5664|153.2195|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mahogany Street Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Maridale Park ({{coord|-27.5399|153.2059|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Maridale Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Mount Cotton Road Park ({{coord|-27.5477|153.1951|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Cotton Road Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Parkwood Drive Park ({{coord|-27.5655|153.2268|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Parkwood Drive Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Redlands Indigiscape Cent ({{coord|-27.5486|153.2178|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Redlands Indigiscape Cent}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Sainsbury Park ({{coord|-27.5634|153.2315|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Sainsbury Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Sam Sciacca Sportsfield ({{coord|-27.5169|153.1990|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Sam Sciacca Sportsfield}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" /> * Valantine Park ({{coord|-27.5159|153.2107|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Valantine Park}})<ref name="PublicRecreation" />

==Events== The College Markets (formerly Chandler Markets) are held in School Road every Sunday morning.<ref name="markets">{{cite web|date=12 August 2014|title=Chandler Markets move to Capalaba|url=http://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/2481771/chandler-markets-move-to-capalaba/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720222609/http://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/2481771/chandler-markets-move-to-capalaba/|archive-date=20 July 2015|access-date=17 July 2015|publisher=Redland City Bulletin|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Transport== The Capalaba bus station<ref name="bus">{{cite web|url=https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/stops/capalaba-station|title=Capalaba station|publisher=TransLink|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420151239/https://jp.translink.com.au/plan-your-journey/stops/capalaba-station|url-status=live}}</ref> connects the suburb to much of the Redlands and Eastern Brisbane. Services to Garden City bus station and the adjacent Upper Mount Gravatt busway station are operated by Mt Gravatt Bus Service, on behalf of Translink. The suburb is also connected west to Carindale bus station and the Brisbane central business district, north to the Cleveland railway line, and east to Victoria Point bus station, through bus routes operated by Transdev Queensland on behalf of Translink.<ref name="bus"/>

Translink's Eastern Busway is planned to extend from UQ Lakes to Capalaba, but currently only reaches Langlands Park busway station in Coorparoo.<ref name="busway">{{cite web|url=http://translink.com.au/about-translink/what-we-do/infrastructure-projects/eastern-busway|title=Eastern Busway|publisher=TransLink|access-date=17 July 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721014857/http://translink.com.au/about-translink/what-we-do/infrastructure-projects/eastern-busway|archive-date=21 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="sourceable">{{cite web |url=https://sourceable.net/revitalisation-of-the-coorparoo-junction-precinct/# |title=Revitalisation of the Coorparoo Junction Precinct |publisher=Anissa Farrell, Sourceable |date=27 May 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721073245/https://sourceable.net/revitalisation-of-the-coorparoo-junction-precinct/ |archive-date=21 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Capalaba is also the terminus for major roads crossing Tingalpa Creek from the City of Brisbane, including Old Cleveland Road and Mount Gravatt–Capalaba Road/Mount Cotton Road, both connecting directly to the Gateway Motorway.<ref name="uqroad">{{cite web |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:204858/s00855804_1976_77_10_2_67.pdf |title=THE ORIGINS OF OLD CLEVELAND ROAD |publisher=Fr. Michael A Endicott, University of Queensland |date=28 October 1976 |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722172515/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:204858/s00855804_1976_77_10_2_67.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="cmailroad">{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/southeast-queensland-road-closures-cancellations-and-advice/story-fnkt21jb-1227228368307 |title=Southeast Queensland road closures, cancellations and advice |publisher=The Courier-Mail |date=20 February 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>

==Sporting clubs== * Capalaba Sports Club<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capalabasportsclub.com.au/|title=Home - Capalaba Sports Club|website=Capalaba Sports Club|language=en-US|access-date=13 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317095017/http://capalabasportsclub.com.au/|archive-date=17 March 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * Capalaba District Junior Rugby League Football Club (aka the Capalaba Warriors) *Capalaba Football Club (formerly the Capalaba Bulldogs), who play in the National Premier Leagues Queensland

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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/capalaba|title=Capalaba|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101229162742/http://capalaba.net/ Capalaba Community Info] *[http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Capalaba.aspx Redland City Council: Capalaba Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722214426/http://www.redland.qld.gov.au/AboutRedlands/History/OurSuburbs/Pages/Capalaba.aspx |date=22 July 2015 }}

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