Key Facts

 

  • Project Investment to date - $3.2 billion

  • Estimated cost on completion - $23 billion

  • Project completion to date - approximately 13%

  • Total land area - 2,860 hectares (7,067 acres)

  • CBD land area (Springfield Central) – 390 hectares (963 acres) or twice the land area of Brisbane CBD

  • Approval for over 1.4 million square metres of mixed use space in the CBD

  • Access to 83% of Brisbane's metropolitan workforce in a 32 minute drive *

  • Population of over 500,000 within a 22 minute drive of the CBD *

  • Commitment by State Government to deliver two train stations (Springfield Central and Springfield Lakes) by 2013

  • Closer to Brisbane CBD than North Lakes, Redcliffe, Victoria Point and Kholo **

    Represented by six suburbs - Springfield Central, Springfield Lakes, Brookwater, Augustine Heights, Spring Mountain and Springfield

  • Estimated current population of six suburbs - nearly 23,000 residents

  • Planned 2030 equivalent population - 105,000 residents (comparable to Darwin)

  • Job creation target for 2030 - 30,000 (one for every three residents)

 

*URBIS Springfield Population and Employment Estimates, September 2010 

** (Source: The figures are an average of RACQ - http://www.racq.com.au/travel/Maps_and_Directions/trip_planner, Google Maps – maps.google.com.au and WhereiS – www.whereis.com