Loganlea, Queensland
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Loganlea Logan City, Queensland |
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Haig Road, 2013
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| Population | 6,172 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4131 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 27 km (17 mi) from Brisbane GPO | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Logan City | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Waterford | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Rankin, Forde | ||||||||||||
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Loganlea is an urban, residential suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 6,172. The eastern boundary of Loganlea is marked by a winding section of the Logan River. The north of the suburb is aligned with the Beenleigh railway line. The western boundary follows part of both Scrubby Creek and Kingston Road. The Logan Motorway crosses the northern tip of Loganlea where access is provided via Kingston Road.
Loganlea State High School was built in the north-east close to the railway line. A police beat is located on the corner of Haig Road and Station Street. Towards the centre of the suburb is a small retail zone which includes a child-care centre. The Logan Artists Association art gallery and studio opened in 2012 and is located in Coral Street. In the east along Logan River the land is prone to flooding. Flooding is experienced at Loganlea Road near Webb Road when the Logan River breaks its banks. Evergreen Park and Sturdee Park are two large parks amongst many smaller others.
There are power transmission lines along Scrubby Creek connected to the Loganlea Substation nearby in Meadowbrook . The suburb is very close to Logan Hospital, TAFE college and Griffith University in Meadowbrook and a shopping centres in both Marsden and Waterford West.
What is now Loganlea is much smaller than the original area between Slacks Creek and Waterford. In 1864, flooding of the Logan River lead to several casualties. In 1871, the first post office in the area was opened in what is today part of Waterford West. A hotel and Cobb and Co stop were established in the vicinity. By 1876 a crossing of the Logan River to Waterford. Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Loganlea was once part of the Shire of Tingalpa.
The Loganlea railway station opened in 1885 for the South Coast railway line. Later in the same year the bridge across the Logan River was opened. Initial housing developments occurred in the 1970s and 80s. Meadowbrook was detached from the former dairy farming community of Loganlea in 1991.
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