Redwood, Queensland


Redwood is a rural locality on the outskirts of Toowoomba in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Redwood had a population of 170 people.

Geography

Redwood is located east of the Toowoomba city centre. Half of the suburb's area consists of the 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 above sea level, while the rest of locality descends to the east to approximately 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 opened to the north-east of Toowoomba.

History

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

Heritage listings

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

Demographics

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