Chandler is a semi-rural suburb consisting largely of bushland and residential properties on acreage, close to the major commercial precincts of Carindale and Capalaba.[6]
Chandler is perhaps best known for the Sleeman Centre, a large sporting and entertainment complex.[7]
The Grassdale Land Company Limited formed on 8 January 1885 to acquire the property known as Grassdale Paddocks, in the parish of Tingalpa, with registered shareholders holding 80 shares of 250 pounds each.[11] This area is spread across the Brisbane suburbs of Chandler, Gumdale and Belmont. The company offered the land for auction in the Grassdale Estate later in 1885.[12] The allotments were situated along Grassdale Road, London Road, Boston Road, Old Cleveland Road, Archer Street and four unnamed roads (later called Belmont Road, Stanborough Road, Tilley Road and New Cleveland Road). Prior to the sale extensive publicity was published in the Brisbane newspapers, calling for "the attention of the investor, capitalist, farmer, merchant, artizan [sic], and mechanic, and is only one hour’s drive from Brisbane, and as it has been decided to run the Cleveland Railway through the Estate, it will be brought within a few minutes' ride of the heart of the city".[13] The results of the public auction on 28 November 1885 were reported in the Telegraph newspaper with "forty-two lots were disposed of, comprising an area of 144 acres..."[14] The Grassdale Land Company Limited later produced a plan of divisions of unsold land into 45 lots, listing the size and value of the lots at the time.[15]
In 1936, a new bridge across Tingalpa Creek was opened to replace the 1874 bridge.[16]
It remained sparsely populated for decades, retaining much of its natural bushland. This lack of population motivated the construction of multiple buildings of the Sleeman Centre for the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[17]
In the 2011 census, Chandler had a population of 1,422 people, of whom 50.4% were female and 49.6% were male. The median age of the Chandler population was 42 years of age, 5 years above the Australian median. 78.9% of people living in Chandler were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (3.4%), New Zealand (2.3%), Italy (1%), Fiji (0.9%), and India (0.8%). 85.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were Italian (2%), Greek (1.5%), Vietnamese (0.9%), Hindi (0.5%), and Dutch (0.4%).[23]
In the 2016 census, Chandler had a population of 1,442 people.[24]
In the 2021 census, Chandler had a population of 1,475 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Chandler. The nearest government primary schools are Capalaba State College in neighbouring Capalaba to the south-east, Gumdale State School in neighbouring Gumdale to the north, and Belmont State School in Carindale to the west. The nearest government secondary schools are Capalabla State College in Capalaba and Brisbane Bayside State College in Wynnum West to the north.[25]
^"The Brisbane Courier". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXIX, no. 8, 426. Queensland, Australia. 12 January 1885. p. 4. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Advertising". Queensland Figaro And Punch. Vol. VI, no. 150. Queensland, Australia. 21 November 1885. p. 39. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Commercial". The Telegraph. No. 4, 125. Queensland, Australia. 30 November 1885. p. 4. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Plan of divisions of unsold land into 45 lots [between Old and New Cleveland Roads]". hdl:10462/deriv/257060. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^"NEW BRIDGE AT CAPALABA". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 15 June 1936. p. 13 (LATE CITY CABLE NEWS). Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
