Algester
Algester is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Algester is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Algester had a population of 9,020 people.
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Worth seeing in and around Algester
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Stretton State College
Stretton State College is an independent public, co-educational, P-12 school located in the Brisbane suburb of Stretton, Queensland, Australia. It is administered by the Queensland Department of Education, with an enrolment of 3,491 students and a teaching staff of 256 as of 2024.
3.7 km · public, college in Stretton, Queensland, Australia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Algester
- Airports
- Brisbane (BNE), 27 km · Gold Coast (OOL), 77 km · Sunshine Coast (MCY), 113 km
- Gold Coast → Algester58 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · A$8–11
- Maroochydore → Algester107 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · A$15–21
- Toowoomba → Algester106 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · A$15–19
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Algester
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Algester. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTranslink is responsible for all trains, buses, ferries and trams in South East Queensland and regional urban buses.
- Get aroundBuses and ferries have validators to touch as you board and alight.
From Wikivoyage: Greater Brisbane, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Algester
Algester is 8 km from Logan City, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Strettonstate electoral district of Queensland, Australia3.3 km
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