The southern and eastern half of New Beith lies within the Logan River catchment while the north and west of New Beith belongs to the Oxley Creek catchment.[3]
The land use is rural residential housing in the north of the locality with grazing on native vegetation and some horticulture in the south of the locality.[3]
The name New Beith is a reference to the town of Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland, the home town of Cecelia, wife of Richard Tyson Wilson, an early European settler.[2][6][7]
Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, New Beith became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008.[2]
On 20 May 2016, areas in the south of New Beith were excised to form the new locality of Silverbark Ridge and part of the new locality of Flagstone.[12]
In the 2011 census, New Beith recorded a population of 3,446 people; 49.3% females and 50.7% males.[13] The median age of the New Beith population was 32 years, 5 years below the national median of 37. 78.5% of people living in New Beith were born in Australia. The other most frequent responses for country of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.9%, Poland 0.6%, Scotland 0.5%, Laos 0.5%. 88.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Mon-Khmer, nec, 0.8% Hmong, 0.8% Samoan, 0.5% Spanish, 0.4% Polish.[13]
In the 2016 census, New Beith had a population of 4,081 people.[14] The population growth rate between 2011 and 2016 was 18.4%. The median weekly household income was $2,266, higher than the national median of $1,438.[2] New Beith's population steadily rose through 2022, estimated to be about 6,383 people. [14]
In the 2021 census, New Beith had a population of 5,642 people.[1]
There are no schools in New Beith. The nearest government primary school is Greenbank State School in neighbouring Greenbank to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Park Ridge State High SchoolinPark Ridge to the north-west.[3]
^"New Beith". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 13 February 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
Scott, Joanne; Greenbank State School (1993), Greenbank State School centenary book : including New Beith, North Maclean and Maclean schools, Greenbank State School, ISBN978-0-646-14341-5
