Belivah is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

in the

City of Logan Logan City is a local government area situated within the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area in South East Queensland, Australia. Situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and the City of Gold Coast to the south, the City also bor ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the , Belivah had a population of 317.

Geography

The

Beaudesert–Beenleigh Road Beaudesert–Beenleigh Road is a continuous road route in the Scenic Rim and Logan City regions of Queensland, Australia. Part of the road is signed as State Route 90 and the rest as State Route 92. Beaudesert–Beenleigh Road (number 203) i ...

runs along most of the eastern boundary.

History

In December 1872, a

Congregational Church Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...

opened on Mr McLean's land. It was and built of hardwood. Belivah Provisional School opened circa 1874 and classes were held in a church. In September 1891, the residents were agitating to relocate the school to a location closer to where more children lived, but

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended fr ...

did not wish to pay for a new provisional school. In March 1892 the residents commenced the construction of a new school themselves and the Queensland Government agreed to contribute £37 to complete the building. It was renamed

Wolffdene Provisional School Wolffdene is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Wolffdene had a population of 288 people. Geography The locality is bounded to the east by the Albert River. The Beaudesert–Beenleigh Road runs through from ...

. On 1 January 1909, it became Wolffdene State School. It closed in 1935 but re-opened on 15 February 1939. It closed permanently on 31 August 1942.
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Demographics

At the , Belivah had a population of 323 (48.3% female and 51.7% male). The median age of the Belivah population was 43 years, 6 years above the national median of 37. 67.6% of people living in Belivah were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 9.6%, New Zealand 3.7%, Germany 2.5%, Scotland 1.9%, Zimbabwe 1.9%. 86.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.8% Mandarin, 1.2% Finnish, 1.2% Persian (excluding Dari), 0.9% Polish, 0.9% Italian. In the , Belivah had a population of 317.

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* {{Logan City Suburbs of Logan City