Opportunity: West End
Eclectic and culturally diverse, West End’s laid-back vibe attracts designers, musicians and families alike to enjoy its cafés, markets, ethnic grocery stores and colourful events.
Central and accessible
- Three kilometres south-west of Brisbane’s Central Business District (CBD)
- Close to cultural and recreational attractions of the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, State Library and South Bank
- Frequent bus services including City Glider
- Easy connections to South Brisbane Train Station
- Direct ferry link to the University of Queensland
- Nearby Go Between Bridge connects to the Inner City Bypass and Airport Link
- M3 Pacific Motorway just minutes away
Local trends
- Relaxed eclectic vibe
- Artists, musicians and students
- Culturally diverse with Indigenous, Greek, Italian and Chinese communities
- Organic, hand-made and artisanal
- Weekend markets, community gardens
- Innovative and alternative commercial activity
Precincts
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- Boundary Street– café, restaurant and shopping scene
- Montague Road– mix of business, industry and apartments
- Davies Park – home of Souths Leagues Club, rowing clubs and weekend markets
- Thomas Dixon Centre – heritage listed former shoe factory and home of Queensland Ballet
- Hardgrave Road – restaurants clustered around the shell of the 1920s Rialto Theatre
Driving opportunity
Population growth
Generating additional demand for goods and services
- One of the fastest growing suburbs in Brisbane with population expected to grow more than 4% each year
- More than 51% of the working-age population under the age of 35
Development activity
Bringing more people to live and work in the area
- 609 dwellings approved in the 12 months ending December 2019
- West Village development to provide apartment buildings, Woolworths supermarket, galleries, retail and restaurants
- Breeze providing 110 luxury apartments over 12 levels at Ferry Road
- Light and Co providing 229 apartments with street-level retail fronting Montague Road
Infrastructure projects
New roads, transit, schools, hospitals and other major infrastructure projects create opportunities for business
- Vulture Street and Montague Road intersection upgrade to be completed in 2018
- $2.1 million funding in 2018-19 for Davies Park Improvement Project to improve recreation opportunities and publicly accessible areas
- Proposed St Lucia to West End Uni River Link
- One of the five new green bridges to be built across Brisbane will link West End to Toowong
- Creative Hub at Montague Road
- New park at Thomas Street, West End
- Proposed West End State School expansion
- Proposed redevelopment of Queensland Ballet Headquarters
Talented people
Access to a skilled workforce
- 45% with bachelor degree level of education (compared to 32% for Brisbane Local Government Area)
Who has already seen the opportunity?
- Pie Town opened at Montague Road (2019)
- The Garner, a new coffee and brunch spot opened at Browning Street (2019)
- Alphabet Café opened at Boundary Street (2018)
- Creative event space, Bromley Room #2 opened in West Village (2018)
- Ballistic Beer Co. chose Montague Road for its second Brisbane outlet (2018)
- Montague Hotel transformed an old office block at the corner of Montague and Kurilpa Streets to open a 400-capacity pub venue (2017)
- La Marcella Gelateria opened in the Light & Co apartment building in Montague Road (2017)
Planning frameworks
More information
- For detailed statistical information, access a West End report via Brisbane Community Profiles
- Contact Brisbane Marketing’s Investment Attraction team
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