11-543: Samford Valley is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay , Queensland , Australia. It is one of two localities in the town of Samford , the other being Samford Village . In the 2021 census , Samford Valley had a population of 3,208 people. The terrain in the north of the locality is mountainous, rising to unnamed peaks and ridges at 370 metres (1,210 ft) above sea level as part of House Mountain Range. The mountainous terrain
22-710: A process to formally define their boundaries and to gazette them, which is almost complete. In March 2006, only South Australia and the Northern Territory had not completed this process. The CGNA's Gazetteer of Australia recognises two types of locality: bounded and unbounded. Bounded localities include towns, villages, populated places, local government towns and unpopulated town sites, while unbounded localities include place names, road corners and bends, corners, meteorological stations, ocean place names and surfing spots. Sometimes, both localities and suburbs are referred to collectively as "address localities". In
33-596: Is Ferny Grove State High school in Ferny Grove to the south-east. Samford Valley Steiner School is in neighbouring Wights Mountain . The Samford Support Network is a group of volunteers providing a variety of services to community members who are ill, elderly, living with a disability, or struggling. Suburbs and localities (Australia) Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia , used mainly for address purposes. The term locality
44-472: Is mostly undeveloped. The South Pine River rises in Mount Nebo to the west and flows east through neighbouring Highvale into Samford Valley, exiting to Draper in the north-east. Most of the locality is on the lower flatter valley of the river, falling to 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level. The land use on the valley floor is predominantly rural residential (housing on large land parcels). In 1981,
55-470: Is served by Westfield Kotara shopping centre, formerly Garden City Kotara, and originally Kotara Fair, on its northern border. Adamstown Heights is located on several Newcastle Transport bus routes and is near two railway stations on the Main Northern railway line , Kotara and Adamstown . Adamstown Heights had a population of 5,299 in 2016. This City of Lake Macquarie geography article
66-486: Is split between the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie LGAs; and Woodville , which is split between the City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council LGAs. In unincorporated areas , localities are declared by the relevant state authority. Adamstown Heights, New South Wales Adamstown Heights is a southern suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales , Australia , located 8 kilometres (5 mi) west-southwest of Newcastle's central business district along
77-400: Is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs. This Australian usage of the term "suburb" differs from common American and British usage, where it typically means a smaller, frequently separate residential community outside, but close to, a larger city. The Australian usage is closer to
88-502: The Pacific Highway . It is split between the City of Lake Macquarie and City of Newcastle local government areas . On 6 September 1991 Adamstown heights officially become a suburb of Newcastle. The Awabakal are the traditional people of this area. The suburb contains two schools, Kotara High School , established in 1968 and containing 3 hectares of native bushland, and also established in 1968 Belair Public School. The suburb
99-808: The American or British use of "district" or "neighbourhood", and can be used to refer to any portion of a city. Unlike the use in British or American English, this term can include inner-city, outer-metropolitan and industrial areas. Localities existed in the past as informal units, but in 1996 the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and the Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia (CGNA) decided to name and establish official boundaries for all localities and suburbs. There has subsequently been
110-438: The first instance, decisions about the names and boundaries of suburbs and localities are made by the local council in which they are located based on criteria such as community recognition. Local council decisions are, however, subject to approval by the state's geographical names board. The boundaries of some suburbs and localities overlap two or more local government areas (LGAs). Examples of this are Adamstown Heights , which
121-547: The locality of Samford was split into two localities: Samford Village around the town and Samford Valley wrapping around the village to the west, north, and east. In the 2016 census , Samford Valley had a population of 3,068 people. In the 2021 census , Samford Valley had a population of 3,208 people. There are no schools in Samford Valley. The nearest government primary school is Samford State School in neighbouring Samford Village . The nearest government secondary school
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