Green Valley, Western Australia

Green Valley
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Green Valley
Coordinates: 34°52′46″S117°49′21″E / 34.87944°S 117.82250°E / -34.87944; 117.82250
Country	Australia
State	Western Australia
LGA	City of Albany
Government
•  State electorate	Albany
•  Federal division	O'Connor
Area
• Total	63.5 km2 (24.5 sq mi)
Population
• Total	57 (2021) [1]
• Density	0.898/km2 (2.325/sq mi)
Postcode	6328 [2]

Green Valley is a locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The Albany Highway forms the western border of the locality. ^[3]

The Mill Brook Nature Reserve takes up a substantial part of the locality in the north-east. ^{[4] [5]}

Demographics

As of the 2021 Australian census, 57 people resided in Green Valley, ^[1] up from 50 in the 2016 census. ^[6] The median age of persons in Green Valley was 49 years. There were fewer males than females, with 47.5% of the population male and 52.5% female. The average household size was 3.2 people per household. ^[1]

Nature reserve

The Mill Brook Nature Reserve was gazetted on 3 October 1924, has a size of 14.84 square kilometres (5.73 sq mi), and is located within the Jarrah Forest bioregion. ^[7]

The brook flowing through the locality and nature reserve, the Mill Brook, ^[8] has a catchment area of 180 square kilometres (69 sq mi). ^[9]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Green Range (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
2. "Green Valley". Australia Post . Retrieved 4 May 2023.
3. Jones, Daryl (2008), Aerial photographs of Green Valley, 2008, retrieved 22 October 2024
4. "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
5. "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia . Retrieved 17 October 2024.
6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Green Valley (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
7. "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water . Retrieved 22 October 2024.
8. Galeforce Photography (1980), Mill Brook Nature Reserve near Albany, 12 October 1980 , retrieved 22 October 2024
9. "Mill Brook" (PDF). www.wa.gov.au. Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development . Retrieved 22 October 2024.