Southern Downs Region
Southern Downs Region | |||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
| Region | Darling Downs | ||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Warwick | ||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||
| • Mayor | Melissa Jane Hamilton | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 7,088 km2 (2,737 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 36,290 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 5.1199/km2 (13.2605/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||
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The Southern Downs Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The region runs along the state's southern boundary with New South Wales and was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. As at 2024, it has an area of 7,088 square kilometres (2,737 sq mi).
In the 2021 census, the Southern Downs Region had a population of 36,290 people.