Stafford Heights, Queensland
Stafford Heights is a northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Stafford Heights had a population of 6,833 people. Geography. Stafford Heights is north of the Brisbane GPO by road. Stafford Heights is generally hilly, and has one major waterway, Downfall Creek. Stafford Heights is north of Stafford. History. Stafford Heights is named because it is on higher ground than its neighbouring Stafford. The "Heights" name was used locally as a neighbourhood name from the 1950s, but it became a gazetted suburb in 1975. "Stafford" was a name adopted by local consent in  1885–1886, after Staffordshire in England. Stafford Heights State School opened on 3 April 1956. Somerset Hills State School opened on 24 January 1966. A small part of north-east Stafford Heights is part of Paramount Estate, a plan which involved naming the streets after the last names of actors at around the 1970s. The majority of Paramount Estate lies in McDowall. Since the 1970s, the population of this suburb has been slow declining, as is shown by the census figures for population. In 2002, Queen of Apostles Catholic Primary School opened its lower campus for younger students. Its original "upper