About Logan
Welcome to the City of Logan
The City of Logan is a destination full of surprises – conveniently located between the Gold Coast and Brisbane. It’s the place that is raw, real and diverse in more ways than just it’s landscape.
The City of Logan is a vibrant destination with so much to see and experience, boasting expansive natural reserves, culinary surprises and exciting year-round events.
Our city has a thriving indigenous community dating back 60,000 years and is home to more than 350,740 people from more than 234 different cultures. It’s an exciting blend of colour, culture and heritage delivering a mix of authentic global flavours.
Explore Logan is the official tourism brand for Logan City Council, established to strengthen the City of Logan’s visitor economy.
WHO LIVES HERE
The population as of 340,000 residents. Our community members represent around 218 different nationalities:
- 7% of people born overseas
- 7.7% from New Zealand
- 4.5% from the United Kingdom
- Other countries (each less than 1% of population), include Philippines, South Africa, Samoa, Fiji, India, Germany and Papua New Guinea
- 16% from non-English speaking backgrounds
Where we are
- 30 minutes south of Brisbane
- 40 minutes north of the Gold Coast
- Bordered by Brisbane, Gold Coast, Redland, Ipswich and Scenic Rim local government areas
- 70 suburbs
- 957 square km
- Urban, rural and semi-rural environments
- Part of Greater Brisbane and South East Queensland
Best time to visi
Logan enjoys South-East Queensland’s famous mild sub-tropical climate.
- Average maximum temperature: 26 degrees C
- Average minimum temperature: 15 degrees C
- Hottest month: January/February (average maximum 30 degrees C)
- Coolest month: July (average overnight minimum 10 degrees C overnight)
- Annual rainfall: 1,039.5 mm
- Wettest month: February
How to get here
Car
The City of Logan is easily accessible by car. Three key highways pass through our city and connect us to the Brisbane Region and South East Queensland so you’re good to go:
- Pacific Motorway (linking Brisbane and the Gold Coast)
- Mount Lindesay Highway (linking Brisbane and Beaudesert)
- Logan Motorway (linking Logan and Ipswich)
Bus
Two private bus companies provide bus services in the City of Logan.
Logan City Bus Service
Covering the eastern side of Logan; services travel to Brisbane CBD via the South East Busway, stopping at Logan Hyperdome, Springwood Bus Station, Grand Plaza at Browns Plains and Garden City Shopping Centre.
A number of wheelchair-accessible services are available, using low-floor buses.
Park Ridge Transit
Covering the western side of Logan City; all services interchange at the Grand Plaza Shopping Centre in Browns Plains.
All local services use fully accessible, low-floor buses.
Seamless interchange is provided to express services to Brisbane via Brisbane Transport buses.
For full details on all scheduled bus and school transport services, contact TransLink Info on 13 12 30 or visit TransLink.
Train
The City Logan is on the Brisbane-Gold Coast line, with stations at (in order north to south):
- Trinder Park
- Woodridge
- Kingston
- Loganlea
- Bethania
- Edens Landing
- Holmview
- Beenleigh
Services on the Beenleigh line operate at all stops between Brisbane and Beenleigh, half-hourly, throughout the day. The Gold Coast Express service (from the Brisbane Airport to Robina) also operates half-hourly but stops only at Loganlea on some services.
For details of routes and timetables, contact TransLink Info on 13 12 30 or visit TransLink.