Banya is a new rural
locality
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in the
Sunshine Coast Region
The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia, from which it takes its name.
It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires o ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
It is intended to accommodate future suburban growth.
History
Banya is situated in the
Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi) traditional
Aboriginal country. The name ''Banya'' means ''
bunya nut'' in the
Gubbi Gubbi
The Kabi Kabi people, also spelt Gubbi Gubbi, Gabi Gabi, and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people native to South Eastern Queensland. During the Australian frontier wars of the 19th century, there were several mass killings o ...
and
Butchulla (Badtjala) languages.
On 14 June 2019, parts of the localities of
Bells Creek and
Meridan Plains were excised to create the localities of Banya,
Corbould Park,
Gagalba and
Nirimba to accommodate future suburban growth in the Caloundra South Priority Development Area.
The
Stockland
Stockland Corporation Limited is a diversified Australian property development company. It has business in shopping centers, residential estates, industrial estates and manufactured housing communities.
History
Stockland was founded in 1952 by ...
-developed estate will house more than 800 families,
a primary school and child care centre with future developments of the
CAMCOS Rail Corridor.
Demographics
The population of Banya was not separately reported in the
2021 Australian census
The 2021 Australian census, simply called the 2021 Census, was the eighteenth national Census of Population and Housing in Australia. The 2021 Census took place on 10 August 2021, and was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...
. It was included in the
2021 census data for its neighbouring locality
Bells Creek.
References
{{Sunshine Coast Region
Suburbs of the Sunshine Coast Region
Localities in Queensland