| Buderim Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
|
| Population: | 39,911(2006)[1] |
| Postcode: | 4556 |
| Area: | 62.0 km² (23.9 sq mi) |
| Time zone: | AEST (UTC+10) |
| Location: |
|
| LGA: | Sunshine Coast Region |
| State District: | Buderim, Kawana, Kawana, Glass House |
| Federal Division: | Fairfax, Fisher |
Buderim is an urban centre on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It sits on a 180-metre (590 ft) mountain which overlooks the southern Sunshine Coast communities.
The name "Buderim" is from the local Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle, (Badderam) Banksia spinulosa var. collina, which grew abundantly in the sandy country around the plateau.
Contents |
Buderim was seen as a resource for timbergetters, as huge stands of Beech and Australian Red Cedar grew across the mountain. Some trees were so large they were wasted due to the lack of transport to carry them down to the river for despatch to Brisbane. Once clear felled, the plateau was used for farming. The rich red volcanic soil found on Buderim made the area particularly suited to growing almost everything, from bananas to small crops. The most notable were coffee and (in the 20th century) ginger, the crop which made Buderim famous. The farming pioneer Burnett won awards for the quality of his coffee at shows in London during the late 19th century.
In the middle of the 20th century the largest ginger processing facility in the southern hemisphere was built, and operated as the Buderim Ginger Factory until it closed and operations were moved closer to other ginger growing areas near Yandina.
Many farmers left the land to get jobs, as the value of their produce was eroded. This was very much the fate of the Lindsay Family, who farmed massive orchards around the road which now bears their name. The value of Buderim as real estate, largely due to its proximity to the Sunshine Coast beaches and its pleasant climate, pressured many others out of the rural lifestyle, as housing development increased in and around Buderim Mountain. Thanks to the huge leap in real estate values during the first decade of 2000, much land is now being developed that was once deemed too expensive to engineer for housing estates. Due to this development, all farming and much of the secondary growth rainforest on the escarpment has disappeared.
Buderim contains a significant heritage relic of the early days in the form of Pioneer Cottage, restored and cared for by the Buderim Historical Society.
Buderim is not strictly defined, but the Australian Bureau of Statistics currently classifies Buderim based on the boundaries of the following suburbs:
Historically, until the 2001 census, a section of Buderim within about 1 km of Sunshine Motorway, as well as Mountain Creek, were considered parts of the neighbouring Maroochydore urban centre.
Buderim's suburbs are served by Sunbus Sunshine Coast, who operate a transfer station at Buderim Market Place, and a bus station at University of the Sunshine Coast. Various bus routes connect Buderim to Maroochydore, Caloundra, Nambour and other centres.[2]
Census populations for the Buderim urban centre have been recorded since 1933.
Due to a substantial redefinition of Buderim before the 2001 census, the first column records the UC/L population to 1996 and its component parts thereafter; the second records the SLA based on time series data.
| Year | Population (UC/L) |
Population (SLA) |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | 639 | |
| 1947 | 787 | |
| 1954 | 955 | |
| 1961 | 978 | |
| 1966 | 1,068 | |
| 1971 | 1,763 | |
| 1976 | 2,863 | |
| 1981 | 4,016 | |
| 1986 | 5,390 | |
| 1991 | 7,499 | 14,113 |
| 1996 | 12,458 | 24,043 |
| 2001 | 20,480 | 31,467 |
| 2006 | 27,354 | 39,881 |
The University of the Sunshine Coast is located at Sippy Downs.
Other schools in the area include:
(A primary school operated in Mons from 1916 until 1974.)