Stafford, Queensland
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| Stafford Brisbane, Queensland |
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| Population: | 5,405 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4053 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 3.4 km² (1.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $300,000 [1] | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Stafford | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Brisbane, Lilley, Petrie | ||||||||||||
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Stafford is an inner northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland and lies to the west of Lutwyche Road, along the banks of Kedron Brook. It is predominantly residential, including some original Queenslander style homes as well as a significant number of post-war Queensland Housing Commission homes on quarter-acre blocks, built around the 1940's and 1950's. Being an area of that age, a vast majority of Stafford's residents are elderly people, as well as families of a younger generation.
One of the original large employers of local workers, Gibson's Tannery (also known as Scotia Works) closed in 1982 to make way for the Stafford City shopping centre, which first opened in 1983 and was extended in 1997. Previously, the Stafford Road shopping strip at the tram terminus was the local centre.
Between 1940 and 1968 the suburb was served by electric trams operated by the Brisbane City Council. This was the last completely new tram line (as distinct from tram line extension) built in Brisbane.
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