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New Beith |
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Postcode: 4124 | Distance to CBD: 44 km |
New Beith is a rural-residential suburb. In the 2011
census, New Beith had a population of 3446 people.
Large parts of New Beith are undeveloped, particularly around Round Mountain. A majority of the locality's eastern boundary aligns with the Sydney–Brisbane rail corridor. Residential housing has been established in the north east corner of New Beith. The southern and eastern half of New Beith lies within the Logan River catchment while the north and west of New Beith belong to the Oxley Creek catchment.
The name New Beith is a reference to the town of Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, the home town of Cecelia, wife of Richard Tyson Wilson, an early European settler. New Beith State School was opened in March 1916 with 18 students and teacher Gladys Heany, but closed on 9 July 1950 as the combined numbers with Greenbank State School were not sufficient to support two schools in the area. Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, New Beith became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008.
In the 2011 census, the population of New Beith was 3,446, 49.3% females and 50.7% males. The median/average age of the New Beith population is 32 years of age, 5 years below the Australian average. 78.5% of people living in New Beith were born in Australia. The other most frequent responses for country of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.9%, Poland 0.6%, Scotland 0.5%, Laos 0.5%. 88.2% of people speak English as their first language 1.3% Mon-Khmer, nec, 0.8% Hmong, 0.8% Samoan, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Polish.
There is an off-lease dog park at Tevoit Downs Park in Bradman Street.
Source: Wikipedia
