The Johnstone River forms the northern boundary of the locality and the South Johnstone River forms the southern boundary. The land is almost entirely freehold and used for agriculture, including cropping (particularly sugarcane) on the flatter land and grazing on the more sloping land. The Palmerston Highway passes through the locality from east to west and there is a cane tramway to transport the harvested sugarcane to the South Johnstone sugar mill.[3]
Pioneer North Queensland Pty Ltd operate the Innisfail Hard Rock Quarry in the north of the locality, with a production capacity of 150 tonnes per hour.[4]
Coorumba was formerly a stopping place on the Innisfail-Nerada Tramway.[2]
Coorumba Provisional School opened on 28 January 1924 on land donated by the Queensland National Bank. In 1925 it became Coorumba State School.[7] It closed on 14 December 1979.[8][9] It was located along the tramway (approx 17°33′53″S145°54′48″E / 17.5646°S 145.9134°E / -17.5646; 145.9134 (Coorumba State School (site))).[10] After its closure, the Coorumba Progress Association was allowed to continue to use the school building, However, when the progress association disbanded in 1986 and given that the school building was in a poor state of repair, the Queensland Government decided to sell the site, since it was not possible to return it to the original donor as the Queensland National Bank no longer existed.[11]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Coorumba had a population of 121 people.[12]
In the 2021 census, Coorumba had a population of 137 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Coorumba. The nearest primary school is Mundoo State School in Wangan to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north-east.[3]
^"State School for Coorumba". Cairns Post. Vol. XXXV, no. 4851. Queensland, Australia. 11 April 1924. p. 4. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
