title: Searston
text: # Searston
  
  Searston is a local service district and designated place in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Searston is in Newfoundland within Subdivision A of Division No. 4.
  
  ## Demographics
  
  As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Searston recorded a population of 128 living in 58 of its 146 total private dwellings, a change of 6.7% from its 2011 population of 120. With a land area of 13.94 $km^2$ (5.38 sq mi), it had a population density of $9.2/km^2$ (23.8/sq mi) in 2016.
  
  ## Government
  
  Searston is a local service district (LSD) that is governed by a committee responsible for the provision of certain services to the community. The chair of the LSD committee is Dwayne O'Quinn.
  
  