Bligh Park
The suburb of Bligh Park is relatively new conpared to all other local suburbs with the estate being conpleted in various stages beginning in approximately 1988. The estate is made up of approximately 2000 residences, being all residentail and either free standing or duplex development.
It provides a muiltiple choice of schools as well as its own shopping centre. There are numerous parks and reserves within the estate as well as sporting clubs and child care facilities.
The size of Bligh Park is approximately 2km squared. It has 3 parks covering nearly 4% of the total area. There is 1 school and 4 child care centres located in Bligh Park.
The population of Bligh Park in 2001 was 3,972 people. By 2006 population was 5,923 showing a population growth of 49% in the area during that time.
The predominant age group in Bligh Park is 0-9 years.
Households in Bligh Park are primarily couples with children and are likely to be reapying between $1000 to $1200 per month on morgage repayments.
In 2001, 64% of the homes in Bligh Park were owner-occupied compared to 63% in 2006.
Currently the median sale price of houses in the area is $337,000.