Southern Downs Region
| Southern Downs Region Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Location within Queensland | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 36,290 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 5.1199/km2 (13.2605/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7,088 km2 (2,736.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Melissa Jane Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Warwick | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Darling Downs | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Southern Downs | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Southern Downs Region | ||||||||||||||
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The Southern Downs Region is a local government area (LGA) in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The region runs along the state's southern boundary with New South Wales and was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shire of Warwick and the Shire of Stanthorpe. As at 2024, it has an area of 7,088 square kilometres (2,737 sq mi).
In the 2021 census, the Southern Downs Region had a population of 36,290 people.