Lower Mount Walker, Queensland

Lower Mount Walker
Queensland
Fields along Stokes Crossing Road, 2015
Lower Mount Walker is located in Queensland
Lower Mount Walker
Lower Mount Walker
Coordinates27°43′05″S 152°31′31″E / 27.7180°S 152.5252°E / -27.7180; 152.5252 (Lower Mount Walker (centre of locality))
Population192 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density3.276/km2 (8.486/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4340
Area58.6 km2 (22.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Lower Mount Walker:
Calvert Lanefield
Rosewood		 Ebenezer
Grandchester Lower Mount Walker Mount Forbes
Mount Mort Mount Walker West Mount Walker

Lower Mount Walker is a locality split between the Scenic Rim Region and City of Ipswich local government areas of South East Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, Lower Mount Walker had a population of 192 people.[1]

Geography

The Bremer River enters the locality from the south (Mount Walker West / Mount Walker) and exits to the north-east (Rosewood).[4]

Rosewood-Warrill View Road enters the locality from the north-east (Rosewood) and exits to the south-east (Mount Walker).[4]

Lower Mount Walker is home to a remnant swamp tea-tree forest which is considered critically endangered.[5]

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing, mostly near the Bremer River.[4]

History

Mount Walker Lower Provisional School opened on 12 November 1923. In 1927, the school building was relocated from Mount French to Lower Mount Walker.[6] Mount Walker Lower State School was proclaimed on 19 March 1928. The school closed circa 1945.[7][8] It was at 286-294 Mount Walker West Road (27°42′18″S 152°32′14″E / 27.7051°S 152.5372°E / -27.7051; 152.5372 (Mount Walker Lower State School (former))).[9][10]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Lower Mount Walker has a population of 185. The locality contained 70 households, in which 51.4% of the population were males and 48.6% of the population were females with a median age of 44, 6 years above the national average. The average weekly household income was $1,437, $1 below the national average. None of Lower Mount Walker's population was either of Aborigional or Torres Strait Islander descent. 65.2% of the population aged 15 or over were either registered or de facto married, while 34.8% of the population was not married. 31.5% of the population was currently attending some form of a compulsory education. The most common nominated ancestries were Australian (39.1%), English (21.0%) and Scottish (8.2%), while the most common country of birth was Australia (71.8%), and the most commonly spoken language at home was English (85.0%). The most common nominated religions were Catholic (26.7%), Anglican (20.6%) and Not stated (20.0%). The most common occupation was a cleric/administration worker (22.3%) and the majority/plurality of residents worked 40 or more hours per week (60.2%).[11]

In the 2021 census, Lower Mount Walker had a population of 192 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Lower Mount Walker. The nearest government primary schools are:[12]

The nearest government secondary schools are Rosewood State High School in Rosewood to the north and Laidley State High School in Laidley to the north-west.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Mount Walker (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Lower Mount Walker – locality in City of Ipswich (entry 45096)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Lower Mount Walker – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 45213)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  5. ^ Neroli Roocke (8 December 2011). "Call to arms for endangered Queensland forest". ABC Rural. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ^ "COUNTRY NEWS. IPSWICH". The Brisbane Courier. No. 21, 776. Queensland, Australia. 11 November 1927. p. 10. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  8. ^ "Agency ID 9147, Mount Walker Lower State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2510" (Map). Queensland Government. 1973. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  11. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lower Mount Walker (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  12. ^ a b "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2023.