Bracken Ridge is about 20km from Brisbane’s CBD.
Mainly residential suburb, popular with families, good access to the beach at Redcliffe, Sandgate and the Sunshine Coast.
Over 54% of households in this area consist of couples with children, 30% are of couples without children and 14% are single parent households.
Over 96% of the dwellings in this area are stand-alone houses, and townhouses account for a further
2%.
Facilities
Education
If you're looking for playgroups, childcare, kindergartens or schools in this area, you'll find them here.
Families in the area are well serviced with a number of schools in Bracken Ridge (two state primary schools and a Catholic primary school) and the surrounding suburbs catering to both primary and secondary school children. St Joseph's Catholic Cathedral is located in Phillips Street, Bracken Ridge.
Across the road from Bracken Ridge West Kindergarten
Less than an 800m easy stroll to the Brisbane North TAFE
Less than 1 km to Bald Hills Primary School
Less than 2 km to Bracken Ridge Primary School
Shopping
1 km to the Bracken Ridge Shopping Plaza (Coles, McDonalds, 7-Eleven, Blockbuster Video, Bottle Mart, Westpac, Chemist etc)
Less than 2 km to Huge Commercial Centre. (Bunnings, Good Guys, Carpet Choice, Sleepy’s, Petzco, Supercheap Auto etc)
Gawain Road is a great local shopping area – and a little further afield you’ve got Sandgate Shopping Complex on Brighton Road and Taigum Shopping Centre on Beams Road.
Transport
Public transport in the area is also good with regular bus routes supplemented by easy access to the Bruce Highway and the Gateway Motorway.
Using the gateway arterial, Brisbane Airport is only a 15 minute drive.
Bus routes 326 and 327 run right down Barbour Road to take you to the train, shops, coast.
1km to Bald Hills Train Station
Eating and drinking
There are plenty of great dining options in and around Bracken Ridge. If you’re looking for a local café, take-away, pub or restaurant you’ll find it here.
Local Resident Susanne says: Bracken Ridge is great because of our strong community support system, great schools, great dog off-leash area and park. Still close to the city, with easy transport via bus or train. Also close to the seaside at Sandgate. We love Bracken
Ridge!
For more info see http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/bracken_ridge/home/
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