Download coordinates as: Shailer Park is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia.
[1] Shailer Park is a suburb of mainly middle class residential areas, and sits on hilly terrain between the Pacific Motorway and extensive forest and bushland to the north.
[citation needed] Shailer Park is a centre for employment, entertainment, and leisure in southeast Queensland.
The Logan Hyperdome, a major regional shopping centre, is located in Shailer Park, and other commercial and community facilities have developed nearby.
[citation needed] The suburb is named after Francis Frederick Rising Shailer and his wife Catherine,[2] who arrived with their children in the area in 1866.
The Shailers were probably best known for their fruit growing and operated the first citrus orchard in southern Queensland, situated in Slacks Creek.
The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 8.7%, England 6.8%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 0.9%, Philippines 0.7%.
88.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Afrikaans, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.5% Samoan, 0.5% Greek, 0.5% Spanish.
The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 6.8%, England 5.1%, South Africa 1.6%, China 1.2% and India 1.0%.
82.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.6% Mandarin, 1.0% Korean, 0.8% Hindi, 0.7% Greek and 0.6% Afrikaans.