Meringandan West, Queensland

Meringandan West
Queensland

Clifford Street, 2014
Meringandan West
Coordinates 27°24′S 151°53′E / 27.400°S 151.883°E / -27.400; 151.883Coordinates: 27°24′S 151°53′E / 27.400°S 151.883°E / -27.400; 151.883
Population 1,977 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s) 4352
LGA(s) Toowoomba Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Groom
Suburbs around Meringandan West:
Muniganeen Muniganeen Meringandan
Yalangur
Gowrie Little Plain
Meringandan West Meringandan
Lilyvale Glencoe
Cawdor
Woolmer

Meringandan West is a locality in the Toowoomba Region local government area on the Darling Downs in southern Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census Gowrie Little Plain and several other nearby localities recorded a population of 1,977.[1] The majority of the eastern boundary is aligned with Meringandan Creek

Mount Muniganeen is in the north of Meringandan West and rises to heights greater than 600 m above sea level. Central parts of the area have been developed into a residential estate. Meringandan cemetery is located in Peters Road. Meringandan West was part of a local planning scheme developed and adopted by the Toowoomba Region Council in August 2013.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Lilyvale (Toowoomba Region) (Gazetted Locality)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. "Highfields, Meringandan and Meringandan West Local Plan". Local plans. Toowoomba Regional Council. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2014.


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