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Eagleby is an established area located
on the northern end of the Gold Coast in the Brisbane
growth corridor. Eagleby benefits from close proximity
to Championship Golf Courses, National parks, Albert
River and Moreton Bay.
Beenleigh town centre is located adjacent and is a hub
for local service, retail and food shopping. Logan Hyperdome
major shopping centre is nearby.
Eagleby distance from:
- Brisbane CBD: 25
minutes drive
- Southport CBD: 20 minutes
drive
- Surfers Paradise: 25 minutes drive
- Moreton Bay:
7 minutes drive
Eagleby’s socio-demographic profile is dominated
by mainly married couples aged between 20 and 39. Employment
is mostly in trade, clerical, production and transport
jobs.
YATALA ENTERPRISE AREA (YEA)
5 mins drive from Eagleby is the Yatala Enterprise Area;
South East Queensland’s most vital industrial
land resource for light and general production.
The Yatala Enterprise Area is a key part of the Gold
Coast City Council’s Pacific Innovation Corridor
program; a long term economic growth plan with a focus
on valuable expansion markets.
YEA currently has around 8000 workers with employment
expected to increase to between 14,000 – 16,000
workers in the next five years. |
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OTHER GROWTH INDUSTRIES
Eagleby is at the doorstep of many of the
Gold Coast’s expanding industry including:
- Gold Coast City Marina at nearby Coomera incorporating
facilities to service super yachts up to 150 tons
and dozens of purpose designed marine factories
including leisure boat building
- The largest concentration of theme parks in the
Southern Hemisphere
- High growth industries including Film, Information
Technology and Sport are under the guidance and
development of Business GC; a proactive economic
development program funded by the Gold Coast City
Council
POPULATION GROWTH
- Gold Coast City is the fastest growing regional
area in Australia
- Currently the sixth largest city in Australia.
The estimated population as at August 2008 was 603,000
Source: ABS
WORLD CLASS EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
- GOLD COAST
- Four Universities, including one private institute
- Range of technical colleges
- Wide variety of private and public schools
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SOURCES accessed 23 September 2008
ABS, www.abs.gov.au
Office of Economic and Statistical Research, www.oesr.qld.gov.au
Gold Coast Tourism, www.verygc.com
Tourism Queensland, YE December 2007, Gold Coast Regional
Snapshot, www.tq.com.au
Gold Coast City Marina, www.gccm.com.au
SOURCES Accessed 2 October 2008
Yatala Enterprise Area, businessgc.com.au/yatala/index.php?page=Yatala-in-Focus
Yatala Business Statistics, yatala.org/index.php?page=Yatala-Facts
Pacific Innovation Corridor, businessgc.com.au/?page=gc-precincts
Beenleigh Shopping, www.beenleighshopping.com.au
Business GC, businessgc.com.au
Published October 2008
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