Lockyer Valley Region

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Lockyer Valley Region
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Location of the Lockyer Valley region in Queensland
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State : Australia Australia
State : Flag of Queensland.svg Queensland
Administrative headquarters: Gatton
Dates and numbers
Area : 2,269.0  km²
Residents : 38,609 (2016)
Population density : 17 inhabitants per km²

Coordinates: 27 ° 33 ′  S , 152 ° 16 ′  E The Lockyer Valley Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Australian state of Queensland . The area, which is in the Lockyer Valley , is 2,269 km² and has about 39,000 inhabitants.

geography

The region is located in the southeast of the state about 75 km southwest of the capital Brisbane and borders Ipswich City to the east .

The administrative seat of the LGA is Gatton with about 6300 inhabitants. The region includes the following districts and towns: Adare, Ballard, Black Duck Creek, Blanchview, Blenheim, Brightview, Buaraba South, Caffey, Carpendale, Churchable, College View, Crowley Vale, Derrymore, East Haldon, Egypt, Fifteen Mile, Flagstone Creek, Fordsdale, Forest Hill, Gatton, Glen Cairn, Glenore Grove, Grantham , Hatton Vale, Helidon, Helidon Spa, Ingoldsby, Iredale, Junction View, Kensington Grove, Kentville, Laidley, Laidley Creek West, Laidley Heights, Laidley North, Laidley South, Lake Clarendon, Lawes, Lefthand Branch, Lilydale, Lockrose, Lockyer, Lockyer Waters, Lower Tenthill, Lynford, Ma Ma Creek, Morton Vale, Mount Berryman, Mount Sylvia, Mount Whitestone, Mulgowie, Murphys Creek, Placid Hills, Plainland, Postmans Ridge , Preston, Regency Downs, Ringwood, Rockmount, Rockside, Ropeley, Seventeen Mile, Silver Ridge, Spring Creek, Stockyard, Summerholm, Thornton, Townson, Upper Flagstone, Upper Lockyer, Upper Tenthill, Veradilla, Vinegar Hill, West Haldon, White Mo untain, Winwill, Withcott, Woodbine and Woodlands.

history

Today's Lockyer Valley Region was created in 2008 from the two Shires Gatton and Laidley. It is named after the explorer Edmund Lockyer , who came to the Lockyer Valley area in 1825.

administration

The Lockyer Valley Regional Council has seven members. The mayor (mayor) and six other councilors are elected by all residents of the region. The LGA is not divided into electoral districts.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Lockyer Valley (R) (Local Government Area) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Gatton ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2020.