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Given the option most students would want to live within walking distance to the campus, but that's not always possible.Where you live is greatly determined by how much you can afford and importantly what's available at the time you're looking. Often it's more convenient to live further from the campus but be closer to shopping centres and frequent transport. Below is the top 20 suburbs international students at QUT have chosen to live in. The data is based on student addresses and was last updated on September 2008. (km = km from General Post Office in the City Centre)

Suburb

Students

km

Bus Zone

KelvinGrove  
521
 
3
 
2
City - CDB  
513
 
1
 
1
Toowong  
150
 
4
 
2
Sunnybank  
147
 
12
 
4
South Brisbane  
131
 
2
 
2
West End  
121
 
2
 
2
Springhill  
121
 
1
 
1
Herston  
113
 
3
 
2
Sunnybank Hills  
95
 
13
 
2
Macgregor  
93
 
12
 
4
St Lucia  
92
 
4
 
2
Annerley  
79
 
4
 
3
Woolloongabba  
76
 
2
 
2
Robertson  
76
 
12
 
4
East Brisbane  
75
 
3
 
2
Highgate Hill  
75
 
3
 
2
Newmarket  
74
 
4
 
3
Kangaroo Point  
74
 
2
 
1/2
Red Hill  
74
 
3
 
2
Eight Mile Plains  
69
 
15
 
4/5

5 Most popular apartments

 

included in suburb list above  
Campus Living Village, Kelvin Grove  
UniLodge, Margaret St City  
River City, 79 Albert St City  
Festival Towers, City  
Carraway Street, Kelvin Grove  

Brisbane City Council has designed a map-based guide to some of the Council facilities in each suburb. Your Suburb can tell you more about the transport, libraries, bikeways, and parks in the local area. Another helpful website is whereis.com.au