Buderim

Buderim
Sunshine CoastQueensland
Buderim Waterfall Boardwalk, 2016
Buderim is located in Queensland
Buderim
Buderim
Coordinates26°41′05″S 153°03′12″E / 26.6847°S 153.0532°E / -26.6847; 153.0532 (Buderim (town centre))
Population58,956 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density771.7/km2 (1,998.6/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4556
Area76.4 km2 (29.5 sq mi)[2]
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)

Buderim (/ˈbʌdrəm/ BUH-drəm) is a town in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[3] It sits on a 180-metre (590 ft) mountain which overlooks the southern Sunshine Coast communities.

The name "Buderim" is usually believed to be derived from a local Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word for the hairpin honeysuckle, (Badderam) Banksia spinulosa var. collina.[3] However, as the environment on the mountain before British occupation was one of dense rainforest not Banksia heath, the name may have come from the Yugambeh word budherahm meaning sacred or spiritual.[4]

In the 2021 census, the town of Buderim had a population of 58,956 people.[1]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Buderim (SA3)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 June 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Buderim – population centre in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 4915)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ^ Sharpe, Margaret C. (Margaret Clare), (compiler, issuing body.) (2013), All Yugambeh-Bundjalung dictionary with Grammar, texts, etc (Revised ed.), Margaret C Sharpe, ISBN 978-0-9807077-3-1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)