Loganholme is a

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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 ...

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, Australia. In the , Loganholme had a population of 6,303 people. The majority of the land is used for houses while it has range of other uses.

Geography

The suburb is bisected by the Pacific Motorway and the

Logan Motorway The M2/M6 Logan Motorway is a 30-kilometre toll road between Ipswich and the M1 or Pacific Motorway at Loganholme, and the Gateway Motorway, providing access to the Gold Coast on the eastern seaboard and to the rural areas of the Darling Downs ...

which aligns with a small section of the northern boundary. The southern and western boundaries of the suburb follow the

Logan River The Logan River ( Yugambeh: ''Dugulumba'') is a perennial river located in the Scenic Rim, Logan and Gold Coast local government areas of the South East region of Queensland, Australia. The -long river is one of the dominant waterways in South ...

. Tudor Park on Clarks Road features sports facilities. The

Beenleigh–Redland Bay Road Beenleigh–Redland Bay Road is a continuous road route in the Logan and Redland local government areas of Queensland, Australia. The route is designated as part of State Route 47. It is a state-controlled district road (number 108) rated a ...

exits to the north-east. A small pocket of land by the Logan River is known as Alexander Clark Park. The park is well-facilitated and available for large groups and events such as weddings. East of the motorway is a large commercial and industrial area, adjacent to vacant flood plains. Here the largest wastewater treatment plant in the City of Logan began an upgrade process in 2014. The upgrade was needed to meet population growth in the area. In the northern tip of Loganholme, adjacent to the Logan Hyperdome is a retail district with a public hotel,

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and

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stores. Nearby, along Bryants Road is the Loganholme police station.

History

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, which was converted to a sugar mill, was built at Loganholme in 1867. Loganholme State School opened on 24 May 1873. It closed on 28 Feb 1890, reopening as Loganholme Provisional School in April 1890. On 23 January 1893 it became Loganholme State School once again. The existing ferry crossing at Loganhholme, known as the Beenleigh Ferry, established in the 1870s, was facing increased delays by the 1920s as vehicle traffic passing through the area increased dramatically. A road crossing from Loganholme to Beenleigh was opened in July 1931. The bridge here was duplicated in May 1968 and rebuilt in 1999 when the Pacific Motorway was widened. Until 1949, Loganholme was within

Shire of Tingalpa The Shire of Tingalpa was a local government area in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from Mount Cotton, covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 1949. ...

. St Matthew's Catholic Primary School opened on 23 January 1984 in the tradition of

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. It is now within the boundaries of the neighbouring suburb of Cornubia. In the , Loganholme recorded a population of 6,124 people, 50.2% female and 49.8% male. The median age of the Loganholme population was 31 years, 6 years below the national median of 37. 73.2% of people living in Loganholme were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 8%, England 4.8%, South Africa 1%, Philippines 0.8%, Scotland 0.7%. 90.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% Vietnamese, 0.5% Mandarin, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Samoan, 0.3% German. In the , Loganholme had a population of 6,303 people.

Education

Loganholme State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Wandilla Crescent (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 541 students with 37 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (14 full-time equivalent). It includes a

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program.

Transport

A bus interchange is located adjacent to the Logan Hyperdome. A regular bus links to both

Beenleigh Beenleigh is a town and suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Beenleigh had a population of 8,252 people. A government survey for the new town was conducted in 1866. The town is the terminus for the Beenlei ...

and

Logan Central Logan Central is a mixed-use suburb and the central business district and administrative centre of the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the , Logan Central had a population of 5,945 people. Geography Once forming part of Woodridge ...

. The

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intersection of the two motorways was originally built in 1988.

Notable People

Kristy Wallace Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and for the Melbourne Boomers of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bear ...

(b. 1996), WNBA player for the

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References

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