Locality Analysis - South Gippsland Shire Council

LOCALITY ANALYSIS STRATEGY VOL. 2 19/9/07
3. DRUMDLEMARA GRAND RIDGE
REGION
Demographics
The following table shows the population of the larger towns within the
Drumdlemara Grand Ridge region.
Table 3 . Popu la tion : D rumd le mar a Gr and Ridge Re gion
Leongatha Korumburra
Mirboo
North Region Total
Total population 4,234 3,037 1,382 8,653
Region % 49 35 16
The smaller townships (under 100 persons at the time of the 2001 census):
within this region are: Outtrim, Kongwak and Koonwarra.
Key influences
Creeks Some key characteristics of the region are 5 :
� the larger townships play important roles in the surrounding smaller town
and wider municipality
� it has the highest population within the municipality
� there is potential for relatively high growth in the region due to the
availability of services and infrastructure in the immediate area.
5 South Gippsland Overall Settlement Plan, South Gippsland Shire Council, Version 2 (31 May
2006)
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3.1 LEONGATHA
Overview of supply
The settlement type of Leongatha’s is classified as large town. This
assumes that a number of open space sites for social /family
recreation may be needed to serve the township; with a reasonable
equitable distribution. This would include one or more locations for
township or district level sport.
Leongatha has a number of sectors defined by major roads each of
these will fill with residential development in future. Several of these
are not well served with a social /family recreation space. The town
is not very walkable.
Leongatha has one large sporting reserve as well as several schools
that also provide major ovals in the north and north east of the town.
The town also has two major open space corridors: the rail trail
(heading south from the railway station reserve) and to the east of the
township; Coalition creek and Tarwin River and several drainage way
and transmission easements.
In the south (and possibly the west) the provision of neighbourhood
parks is not adequate to serve the current distribution of residents.
Including school playgrounds there are some 14 playgrounds in
Leongatha. The southern east residential area and the south west of
the rail trail is not well served by formal playgrounds.
The Leongatha Recreation Reserve is a very large reserve that is at
capacity. There may not be major benefits in expanding on this site
due to car parking and access issues that additional facilities may
bring. There may however be benefits of considering a second site