Heathwood

Heathwood is a residential and industrial suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 2,794 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Heathwood recorded a population of 2,794 people, 51% female and 49% male. The median age of the Heathwood population was 31 years, 7 years below the national median. 53.0% of people living in Heathwood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were Vietnam (6.7%), India (5.9%), New Zealand (5.8%), England (3.2%) and China (2.6%).

Heathwood is a predominantly family suburb with 92.8% of households being family households. Of these family households, 73.2% have children. The other households are single-person households (5.8%) and group households (1.4%).

Culture
On review website Homely, Heathwood is described as a "great suburb" that is in close proximity to the City of Ipswich and Logan City while being in the City of Brisbane. The suburb is also commended for its local playgrounds, schools and proximity to Richlands railway station. One reviewer mentioned the complete lack of shopping centres in the suburb and that Heathwood only has one restaurant. However, they also mentioned that Heathwood is close enough to Mount Ommaney and Indooroopilly that the lack of amenities was of no concern.