Windsor Health Quarter VIP breakfast with Bernard Salt. 01 05 2025 Picture: Renae Droop/RDW Photography
Windsor Health Quarter responds to surging population, ageing demographics and growing demand for specialist care in Brisbane’s North
Leading demographer Bernard Salt AM offered insights into the demographic shifts driving demand for healthcare services in Brisbane at an exclusive breakfast event today attended by leading medical and healthcare providers, specialist clinicians and medical service operators.
The event celebrated a transformative new healthcare centre to be delivered for Brisbane’s northside, the $100 million Windsor Health Quarter on Lutwyche Road, which is due for completion in 2027.
Speaking at the breakfast event hosted at Victoria Park, Mr Salt said Windsor Health Quarter sits on the edge of Australia’s fifth largest healthcare precinct, serving a catchment of 1.1 million people in the inner northern suburbs plus the balance of the Metro North region, which is expected to grow by 13 per cent in the next decade.
“The northern suburbs of Brisbane – and the Metro North region more broadly – are experiencing a significant surge in both younger and older populations,” said Mr Salt.
“The catchment is skewed towards families with parents in their 40’s, as well as an influx of university students in their 20’s and a growing cohort of residents in their 70’s and 80’s who will require increasingly specialised care.
“The number of Australians aged 85-plus is expected to rise from 534,000 in 2021 to more than two million by 2071, with strong net growth of 370,000 or 68 per cent projected between 2022 and 2032, due to the baby boomers born from 1946 onwards now tripping across the 85-line. The catchment area is also notably diverse, with close to one in three residents born overseas – many arriving from India, the Philippines, South Africa and China – further contributing to a broad spectrum of healthcare needs.
“Data released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics about the increasing diversity of our communities, reinforces the need for agility, for cultural sensitivity, for language skills as well as for more healthcare and medical facilities within and/or adjacent to our most important health care infrastructure and precincts.”
Mr Salt noted that as the number of healthcare professionals also continues to rise, demand for premium medical suites in accessible, central locations is likely to intensify.
“Between 2016 and 2021, we saw a 36 per cent increase in medical specialists across 19 occupations in Australia — that’s an additional 3,900 professionals, according to ABS Census data — with most growth being recorded in anaesthetists, orthopaedic surgeons and cardiologists,” he said.
“As access becomes more competitive, those who can secure space in purpose-built facilities like Windsor Health Quarter will be well placed to serve a fast-growing and demographically complex region.”
Josh Peacock, Director of JGP Property which is delivering Windsor Health Quarter, said the project’s timing is particularly strategic for healthcare professionals looking to secure a long-term base.
“With major infrastructure projects ramping up ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games — including sporting venues, athletes’ villages and transport upgrades — we’re entering a decade where competition for construction resources will intensify and new healthcare projects may be harder to deliver,” Mr Peacock said.
“Our timing to build now means Windsor Health Quarter represents one of the best opportunities this decade for healthcare professionals to secure suites in a purpose-built facility of this calibre in a strategic location to take advantage of Brisbane’s anticipated growth.”
Windsor Health Quarter is a 5,000sqm purpose-built Class 9a medical building offering flexible tenancies, a 38-room medi-hotel to support regional patients and post-treatment recovery, and 12 Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) apartments. The centre includes 179 basement car spaces and is located just 800 metres from the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, offering unrivalled connectivity in the healthcare corridor.
Mr Peacock said the inclusion of the medi-hotel and SDA apartments reflects a progressive approach to healthcare delivery, drawing on models proven successful overseas.
“Bed shortages and overflow are already a reality across both public and private hospitals in this part of Brisbane,” Mr Peacock said.
“By combining specialist medical suites with a medi-hotel and SDA apartments, Windsor Health Quarter is designed to ease pressure on the healthcare system today while also preparing for tomorrow’s demands.”
“The medi-hotel bridges the gap between hospital and home, offering hotel-style accommodation for patients who are in treatment, in recovery or travelling from regional areas. At the same time, the SDA apartments provide purpose-built, independent living spaces for NDIS-funded participants — a much-needed solution to the critical shortage of appropriate housing for people with high support needs.”
Windsor Health Quarter is currently leasing, with completion expected in 2027. Located on a 2,531sqm site at 182 Lutwyche Road, the centre offers flexible tenancy layouts ranging from 60sqm to whole floors of 1,200sqm.
JGP Property Group’s team has successfully developed more than 35,000 sqm of healthcare space across Australia, ranging from smaller clinics to large-scale integrated health centres like Windsor Health Quarter, specialising in creating flexible, customisable environments that meet clients’ needs and elevate the patient experience.
For more information, please contact Daniel Price on 0431 581071 or visit www.windsorhealthquarter.com.au.
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