Meridan Plains

Meridan Plains is a locality on the north-western edge of the Caloundra urban area in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.

Meridan Plains is a locality on the north-western edge of the Caloundra urban area in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. Traditionally a rural area, the locality is attracting residential development from the expansion of Caloundra. In the 2016 census, Meridan Plains had a population of 3,675 people.

Meridan Plains is named after an early pastoral property established by William and Richard Westaway circa 1870,which in turn was named using a corruption of a Kabi language word meaning place of kangaroos or dingoes.Pacific Lutheran College opened on 26 September 2001.Meridan State College opened on 2006.On 14 June 2019 the boundaries of the localities of Bells Creek and Meridan Plains were reduce to create the new localities of Banya, Corbould Park, Gagalba and Nirimba to accommodate future suburban growth in the Caloundra South Priority Development Area.