Moy Pocket, Queensland

Moy Pocket
Queensland
Moy Pocket is located in Queensland
Moy Pocket
Moy Pocket
Coordinates26°31′40″S 152°44′35″E / 26.5277°S 152.7430°E / -26.5277; 152.7430 (Moy Pocket (centre of locality))
Population120 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density6.63/km2 (17.2/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4574
Area18.1 km2 (7.0 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Gympie Region
State electorate(s)Gympie
Federal division(s)Wide Bay
Suburbs around Moy Pocket:
Brooloo Bollier Belli Park
Brooloo Moy Pocket Belli Park
Kenilworth Gheerulla Gheerulla

Moy Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.[1]

Geography

The locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road.[3] The Mary River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.[4]

Moy Pocket has the following mountains:[4]

Moy Pocket Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south (Gheerulla) and exiting to the north-west (Brooloo).[3]

The land use is a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some rural residential housing.[8]

History

The locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality (26°31′58″S 152°45′28″E / 26.5327°S 152.7579°E / -26.5327; 152.7579 (Moy Pocket farm (former))).[9][10][11]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.[12]

In the 2021 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south-west.[13]

The nearest government secondary schools are:[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moy Pocket (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Moy Pocket – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46365)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Layers: Locality; Road and rail; Railways; Railway stations". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Bloolou – mountain in Gympie Region (entry 3213)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Mount Kenilworth – mountain in Gympie Regional (entry 48185)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  9. ^ "MOY POCKET". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette. Vol. XLIV, no. 5739. Queensland, Australia. 14 October 1911. p. 7. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "9444-14 Gheerulla Creek" (Map). Queensland Government. 1981. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Parish of Kenilworth" (Map). Queensland Government. 1973. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  12. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moy Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  13. ^ a b "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2024.


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