Wilsonton offers great potential

AFFORDABLE homes and a quality shopping precinct are just two of the major drawcards of the Wilsonton area.

Located six kilometres north-west of the CBD, the suburb’s housing stock is mostly brick in construction with a few older timber homes.

A number of in-fill multi-unit complexes have been built in recent years.

Wilsonton is a popular choice for renovator buyers, as the homes are solid with great potential for modernisation.

The median house price is $323,500 for homes (up 6.8 per cent) and $285,000 for units, which is a modest drop of 1.4 per cent in the past year.

There are a number of motels in the suburb, which help cater for peak festival times, such as the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers every September and CRT Farmfest, which is held at Kingsthorpe every June.

With 65.1 per cent of households having children, Wilsonton has a good array of schools within its boundaries.

They include Wilsonton State School, Fairview Heights State School, Sacred Heart Primary School and Wilsonton State High School.

This is Toowoomba’s newest state high school, as it was previously a campus of Toowoomba State High School.

The shopping centre includes both Woolworths and Coles supermarkets, a post office, bank branches, takeaway food shops, bakery, butcher, newsagency, GP clinic and a pharmacy.

There are 12 parks and sporting fields are at the Captain Cook Reserve, which is one of the city’s major sporting facilities.

It includes five turf cricket ovals, one of which has lights, cricket practice nets, a national standard BMX track with lights and a skate park.

The oval configuration allows for up to seven rectangular fields and there is a clubhouse with a canteen, two dressing rooms with toilets and showers.

Picnic facilities include picnic tables, playground, barbecues, toilets and a large off-street parking area.