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Redwood
ToowoombaQueensland
Warrego Highway from Picnic Point.jpg
Warrego Highway, 2014
Redwood is located in Queensland
Redwood
Redwood
Location in Queensland
Population 159 (2021 census)
 • Density 37.0/km2 (96/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4350
Area 4.3 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location 5 km (3 mi) E of Toowoomba
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Toowoomba North
Federal Division(s) Groom
Suburbs around Redwood:
Mount Lofty Prince Henry Heights Withcott
East Toowoomba Redwood Withcott
Rangeville Rangeville Rangeville

Redwood is a rural locality on the outskirts of Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Redwood had a population of 159 people.

Geography

Redwood is located 5 kilometres (3 mi) east of the Toowoomba city centre. Half of the suburb's area consists of the 2,243-hectare (5,540-acre) bushland Redwood Park, after which the suburb was named in 1981; the rest, to the south of the highway, is mostly crown land. The residents of Redwood live along the suburb's western boundary with East Toowoomba along the ridge line of the Great Dividing Range at approximately 650 metres (2,130 ft) above sea level, while the rest of locality descends to the east to approximately 360 metres (1,180 ft) at the locality's eastern boundary with Withcott.

The Warrego Highway which connects Ipswich to Toowoomba and towns west of Toowoomba passes through Redwood using the Old Tollbar Road and the Toowoomba Connection Road. This was the major road access over the Great Dividing Range to/from Toowoomba until September 2019 when the Toowoomba Bypass Road (informally known as the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing) opened to the north-east of Toowoomba.

Demographics

In 2006, the locality had a SEIFA score of 1171, placing it ahead of all other localities in the district.

In the 2011 census, Redwood had a population of 17 people.

In the 2016 census, Redwood had a population of 170 people.

In the 2021 census, Redwood had a population of 159 people.

Heritage listings

Glen Alpine
Glen Alpine villa, 2014

The locality is home to the heritage-listed Glen Alpine villa at 32-36 East Street.

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