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Profile Of Caboolture

Caboolture is a suburb approximately 50 kms north of Brisbane, Queensland, with a population of about 18,000.

Caboolture is considered to be the northernmost urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region within South East Queensland, as it marks the end of the Brisbane suburban commuter railway service along the North Coast railway line.
It also hosts a country music festival and a ute muster each year.

The Caboolture area is the traditional home of the Kabi Aboriginal people. The Kabi people harvested bush food, fresh water mussels, oysters, fish and some game animals, moving around the land to take best advantage of seasonally-available produce.

Due to its proximity to Brisbane, Caboolture was one of the first areas of the state opened up to European settlement.
Settlement in Caboolture was accelerated with the discovery of gold at Gympie. In 1868, the town was used as a stop-over point by the Cobb and Co coach service connecting Brisbane, Gympie and Maryborough. This function continued with the rail link established in 1888.

Formerly a small dairy town, the location of Caboolture on the corridor between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast resulted in an influx of residents in the 1970s and 1980s. The three main factors in this expansion were the electrification of the railway line to Brisbane, enabling travel to the Brisbane CBD in less than an hour, the development of the Bruce Highway to freeway (motorway) standard, and the availability of cheap land.

In common with many outer areas of Brisbane, the Caboolture Shire Council encouraged the development of low cost housing areas that were affordable compared to established areas in Brisbane. This policy resulted in estates of small inexpensive houses on small blocks. At the same time, the Council allowed the subdivision of rural land into ‘acreage’
housing estates consisting of between ¾ acre and 2 and 5 acre blocks.

Caboolture is a regional transport hub. With its connections across the Great Dividing Range via the D’Aguilar highway, easy highway access to Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast via the Bruce Highway, and major road to Bribie Island, it is a focal point for road traffic.

Caboolture railway station is the terminus for QR Citytrain’s Caboolture railway line, as well as being a major stop on the North Coast railway line. Citytrain operates regular services to Brisbane, in addition to interurban services to Nambour and Gympie. The area is also serviced by two bus companies, the larger of which is Kangaroo Bus Lines.

Caboolture also contains its own airfield, which primarily services general and recreational aviation.

Caboolture is a strong sporting town with rugby league and cricket teams having strong support. It also hosts the yearly Australian Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament at the end of August.

Finally, Caboolture is the hometown of singer Keith Urban, and NASCAR driver Andrew Hagen.