Drayton is an outer southwestern suburb of
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The local
government area of Drayton is the Toowoomba
Region.
At the 2011 Australian Census Drayton recorded a
population of 1,609. Drayton was first substantial
settlement on the Darling Downs, initially being
established in 1842. The nearby township to
Drayton of Toowoomba expanded more rapidly
than Drayton, and in the 1860s the centre of
population shifted to Toowoomba, leaving Drayton
as a southwestern suburb.