Stapylton, Queensland

File:Mount Stapylton from Rotary Park Road, Alberton, 2022.jpg

Stapylton is bounded to the west by the Albert River and the Pacific Motorway.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=14 March 2021}}

Stapylton has the following mountains in the north of the locality:

• Mount Stapylton (Yellowwood Mountain) ({{coord|-27.7176|153.2397|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Stapylton (Yellowwood Mountain)}}) {{convert|152|m}} above sea level{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|32214|Mount Stapylton|mountain in Gold Coast City|access-date=25 November 2020}}
• Quinns Hill ({{coord|-27.7238|153.2456|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Quinns Hill}}) {{convert|42|m}} above sea level{{cite QPN|27843|Quinns Hill|mountain in Gold Coast City|access-date=25 November 2020}}

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The area was named after surveyor Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton (1800–1840), who was killed by Aborigines on 31 May 1840, near Mount Lindesay.{{Citation |last=Cranfield |first=Louis R. |title=Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton (1800–1840) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stapylton-granville-william-chetwynd-2693 |access-date=2024-05-07 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}

Stapylton railway station was the first one to open after Beenleigh on the South Coastline in 1889.{{Cite web |title=Stapylton {{!}} Queensland Places |url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/stapylton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130002820/https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/stapylton |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=queenslandplaces.com.au}}

Stapylton State School opened on 18 May 1920. It closed in 1961.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} The school was located on the south-eastern corner of Hester Drive and Stapylton Jacobs Well Road (approx {{Coord|-27.7349|153.2309|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Stapylton State School (former)}}).{{Cite web|date=1952|title=Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m40|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m40-roads-1952.jpg|url-status=live|access-date=14 March 2021|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map|archive-date=8 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908233129/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-2mile-qld-2m40-roads-1952.jpg}}

The Yatala drive-in theatre was opened on 27 October 1974.

Stapylton was once part of the Shire of Albert until its amalgamation in 1995.

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Stapylton recorded a population of 445 people, 43.8% female and 56.2% male. The median age of the Stapylton population was 42 years, 5 years above the national median of 37. 71.5% of people living in Stapylton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 6.1%, England 5.4%, Philippines 2.5%, Fiji 1.4% and India 1.1%. 88.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.3% Hindi, 1.4% Tagalog, 0.9% Maltese, 0.9% Filipino and 0.9% Shona.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31537|name=Stapylton (State Suburb)|accessdate=7 May 2024|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Stapylton recorded a population of 444 people, 41.2% female and 58.8% male. The median age of the Stapylton population was 41 years, 3 years above the national median of 38. 74.1% of people living in Stapylton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 6.8%, England 3.8%, South Africa 1.4%, Germany 0.9% and Philippines 0.9%. 86.1% of people only spoke English at home; the next most common languages were 1.4% Mandarin, 0.9% Afrikaans, 0.9% Zulu, 0.7% Greek and 0.7% Italian.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32682|name=Stapylton (SSC)|accessdate=7 May 2024|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Stapylton recorded a population of 430 people, 42.7% female and 57.3% male. The median age of the Stapylton population was 45 years, 7 years above the national median of 38. 69.1% of people living in Stapylton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 3.0%, South Africa 2.1%, Germany 0.9% and Samoa 0.7%. 81.6% of people only spoke English at home; the next most common languages were 0.9% German, 0.9% Ndebele, and 0.7% Maltese.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32657|name=Stapylton (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Australia's first green waste to energy power plant was built at Stapylton.{{Cite news |url=http://www.ferret.com.au/n/Green-waste-to-energy-sales-n719953 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114151001/http://www.ferret.com.au/n/Green-waste-to-energy-sales-n719953 |archive-date=14 November 2010 |title=Green waste to energy sales |accessdate=18 February 2014 |date=26 March 2004 |publisher=Reed Business Information}}

The suburb contains the Mount Stapylton Weather station, several quarries and the Stapylton Landfill and Recycling Centre. The radar tower is 30 m tall and was completed in 2006.{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/11/15/3892025.htm |title=Weather radar towers over south-east Queensland |author=Damien Larkins |access-date=15 April 2014 |date=15 November 2013 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416175458/http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/11/15/3892025.htm# |archive-date=2014-04-16 |url-status=live }}

Apart from the inevitable transport service centre and take-away restaurant on the motorway, Stapylton has an industrial park, Aldi, Harvey Norman, three quarries and the Yatala twin drive-in. There is also the Ecomemorial Park crematorium.

There are no schools in Staplyton. The nearest government primary school is Mount Warren Park State School in Mount Warren Park to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Beenleigh State High School in Beenleigh to the west and Ormeau Woods State High School in Ormeau to the south.

File:Yatala Drive-In 2013.JPG

The Yatala drive-in theatre is at 100 Stapylton Jacobs Well Road ({{Coord|-27.7308|153.2376|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Yatala Drive-in Theatre}}).{{Cite web |title=Yatala Drive-In, Five Star Cinemas - movie times & tickets |url=https://fivestarcinemas.com.au/drive-in |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=fivestarcinemas.com.au |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820055418/https://fivestarcinemas.com.au/drive-in |url-status=live }} It contains two large screens and covers {{Convert|10|acre}}.{{cite web |url=http://yataladrive-in.com.au/history |title=History |publisher=Yatala Drive-In Theatre |access-date=15 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416174657/http://yataladrive-in.com.au/history# |archive-date=2014-04-16 |url-status=live }}

Supercars team Dick Johnson Racing is based in Stapylton.{{cite web|url=http://www.djrteampenske.com.au/contact-us/details|title=Contact Details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121194819/http://www.djrteampenske.com.au/contact-us/details# |archive-date=2017-01-21 |website= DJR Team Penske|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://tekno.com.au/contact/ |title=Contact|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220052428/http://tekno.com.au/contact/# |archive-date=2016-12-20|website=Tekno Autosports}}

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{{Commons category|Stapylton, Queensland}}

• {{cite web|title=Stapylton|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/stapylton|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
• {{cite web|title=Stapyton, Yatala|url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/cad_scans/cad-map-town-stapylton-yatala-1973.jpg|date=1973|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}

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