Chambers Flat
Logan City, Queensland
Fields at Chambers Flat, 2014
Chambers Flat is located in Queensland
Chambers Flat
Chambers Flat
Coordinates27°44′48″S 153°04′46″E / 27.7466°S 153.0794°E / -27.7466; 153.0794 (Chambers Flat (centre of locality))
Population2,331 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density105.95/km2 (274.4/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4133
Area22.0 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Logan City
State electorate(s)Logan
Federal division(s)Forde
Suburbs around Chambers Flat:
Park Ridge South Park Ridge Logan Reserve
Munruben Chambers Flat Buccan
Stockleigh Stockleigh Logan Village

Chambers Flat is a rural locality in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Chambers Flat had a population of 2,331 people.[1]

Geography

Looking across the Logan River towards Chambers Flats where cattle are grazing, 2021

The locality is bounded to the east and south by the Logan River.[3]

History

Pastoral runs were established in the district from the early 1840s. John Chambers took up land in the area in 1848, and the district is presumably named after him.[4]

Chambers Flat Provisional School opened on 27 October 1890 under head teacher Miss Mary Curran. It became Chambers Flat State School in 1909. It closed on 3 August 1921.[5] The school was on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) site at 33-51 Holloway Road (27°44′54″S 153°05′16″E / 27.7483°S 153.0879°E / -27.7483; 153.0879 (Chambers Flat State School (former))).[6][3]

Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, Chambers Flat became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008.

In the 2011 census, Chambers Flat had a population of 2,464 people, with 50.2% of the population female and 49.8% male. The median/average age of the Chambers Flat population recorded a population of 42 people years of age, 5 years above the Australian average. 75.3% of people living in Chambers Flat were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6%, New Zealand 4.2%, Taiwan 1.1%, Laos 1.1%, Vietnam 1%. 86.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.3% Hmong, 1.3% Vietnamese, 1.2% Mandarin, 1.1% Mon-Khmer, nec, 0.7% Khmer.[7]

In the 2016 census, Chambers Flat had a population of 2,331 people.[1]

King's Christian College opened its third campus in Chambers Flat in 2020. It opened its first campus in Reedy Creek in 1980. It opened its second campus at Pimpama in 2015.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Chambers Flat (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Chambers Flat – locality in City of Logan (entry 45259)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Chambers Flat". Suburbs. Logan City Council. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Agency ID 8795, Chambers Flat State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Moreton 40 Chain map AG2 series sheet 5 south" (Map). Queensland Government. 1916. Archived from the original on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  7. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Chambers Flat (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "About King's". King's Christian College. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

Further reading

  • Logan Village State School (1975), Centenary souvenir booklet, Logan Village — includes information on Chambers Flat State School
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