Kenmore Hills

Kenmore Hills is a leafy and prestigious suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Kenmore Hills is a leafy and prestigious suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,402 people.

Kenmore Hills originally formed part of Brookfield, but in 1969 the name was changed to Kenmore Hills, based on the neighbouring suburb of Kenmore.In 1932 Father Robert Bartlett Bates, the rector of All Saints Anglican Church at Wickham Terrace purchased a house at 139 Brookfield Road (27.5004°S 152.9310°E? / -27.5004; 152.9310? (Old Friary)) to establish St John's Home for Aged Men, which subsequently relocated to West Toowong (where it continues to operate as St John's Residential Aged Care Home).On 12 May 1934 the Anglican Church opened St Christopher's Lodge, a home for boys. It was officially opened by James Francis Maxwell, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong. It was a farm school which operated until circa 1959. Around thid time 18 acres (7.3 ha) of the site was sold to the Presbyterian Church (now the Uniting Church in Australia) to develop an aged care centre. It was subsequently used a friary used by the Society of Saint Francis, a centre for contemplative spirituality and other community purposes. It is listed on the Brisbane Heritage Register. In 2019 the site was sold by the Anglican Church to the Uniting Church on the condition that community could continue to use the site.In the 2011 census Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,577 people.In the 2016 census Kenmore Hills had a population of 2,402 people.