Loganlea

Loganlea is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.

Loganlea is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Loganlea had a population of 7,321 people.

What is now Loganlea is much smaller than the original area between Slacks Creek and Waterford.In 1864, flooding of the Logan River lead to several casualties.In 1871, the first post office in the area was opened in what is today part of Waterford West. A hotel and Cobb and Co stop were established in the vicinity.By 1876 there was a crossing of the Logan River to Waterford.Like a number of other Logan City suburbs Loganlea was once part of the Shire of Tingalpa.The Loganlea railway station opened in 1885 for the South Coast railway line. Later in the same year the bridge across the Logan River was opened.

Initial housing developments occurred in the 1970s and 80s.

Loganlea State High School opened on 27 January 1981.In October 1987, Russell Hinze attended a ceremony at Loganlea for the turning of the first sod in the construction of the Logan Motorway.Meadowbrook was detached from the former dairy farming community of Loganlea in 1991.

In the 2011 census the suburb recorded a population of 7,321.In the 2016 census, Loganlea had a population of 7,321 people.