About Capalaba

Capalaba is an urban locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Capalaba had a population of 17,333 people. == Geography == The suburb has large shopping and commercial centres with two malls and a major bus station, as well as light industrial zones surrounded by bushland and residential streets, making it the second most populous suburb in the Redlands. Surrounding suburbs include Alexandra Hills, Birkdale, and Sheldon, also in Redland City, along with Burbank and Chandler (and formerly Capalaba West), which lie within Brisbane.Tingalpa Creek marks the border between the present-day suburb Capalaba in Redland City (to the eas)t and the City of Brisbane (to the west), making the suburb a gateway to the coastal Redlands region for urban Brisbanites.Leslie Harrison Dam is on Tingalpa Creek. == History == The name of Capalaba is believed to be derived from the Indigenous Yugarabul word for the ringtail possum, a marsupial native to the area.European settlement began in the 1850s, led by farmers, lumberjacks, and sawmill operators.The town of Tingalpa (27.5174°S 153.1816°E / -27.5174; 153.1816 (Town of Tingalpa/Capalaba)) was surveyed in 1863 with the name of the town changed to Capalaba in 1927.