Anstead, Queensland
Anstead is an outer western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the, Anstead had a population of 1,522 people.
Geography
Anstead is located by road south-west of the Brisbane CBD.The suburb is bounded to the west by the northern bank of Dalys Reach of the Brisbane River. The Moggill Conservation Park occupies the north of the suburb. Historically a rural area, it is now predominantly rural residential with small areas of land in the west of the suburb being either undeveloped or used for grazing on native vegetation.
Mount Crosby Road runs through from west to east.
History
Anstead is named after the original land owner John Anstead, a timber getter and quarry master in the 1860s. Anstead was officially gazetted in 1975, prior to which it was part of the suburb of Moggill.Demographics
In the, Anstead had a population of 1,509 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Anstead population was 41 years, 3 years above the national median of 38. 72.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 8.5%. 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 34.4%, Catholic 19.5%, Anglican 16.3% and Uniting Church 8.8%.In the, Anstead had a population of 1,522 people.