Wide range of facilities at Clifton
CLIFTON offers plenty of opportunity at affordable prices and, being just a short distance south of Toowoomba, it’s proving the perfect escape for home owners who don’t want the hassles of the big city.
The median sales price in Clifton is $220,000, which is a drop of 2.2 per cent in the past year.
Most of the housing in Clifton is houses (92.4 per cent), with the remaining 7.6 per cent made up of townhouses and units. Similarly, 68 per cent of properties are either owned outright or with a mortgage, with 31.2 per cent rented and the remaining 0.8 per cent otherwise occupied.
The housing styles in Clifton range from classic timber to modern brick homes.
Clifton is well equipped to cater for the needs of residents and visitors, offering a wide range of essential services, retail outlets, sports and community facilities.
The town also boasts high-quality medical services including the Clifton Community Health Service.
It is a community-owned, not-for-profit organisation that has been operating since 1949.
Since its inception, the health service has grown to provide the following services:
■ Clifton Co-Op Private Hospital, 12-bed private hospital
■ Clifton Nursing Home, 23-bed nursing home
■ Nirvana Hostel, 15-bed hostel
■ Vedette Villas, eight villas
■ Clifton Medical Practice, new state-of-the-art premises
The nursing home will expand to include construction of a 12-bed Memory Support Wing to assist community members living with dementia.
Clifton has an abundance of high-quality recreation and sporting facilities catering to a large regional area. These include a 25m indoor pool, golf course and racetrack.
Clifton offers schooling from Prep to Year 12 with a state primary school and a Catholic primary school (Prep to Year 6), as well as a state high school (Years 7 to 12).
Clifton has a number of cafes and hotels offering a range of food and beverage options and there is also a supermarket, newsagent, butcher, hardware store, post office and various mechanical trades.