Coal Creek, Queensland

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Coal Creek
Queensland
Coal Creek is located in Queensland
Coal Creek
Coal Creek
Coordinates27°10′55″S 152°26′04″E / 27.1819°S 152.4344°E / -27.1819; 152.4344 (Coal Creek (centre of locality))Coordinates: 27°10′55″S 152°26′04″E / 27.1819°S 152.4344°E / -27.1819; 152.4344 (Coal Creek (centre of locality))
Population52 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density2.140/km2 (5.54/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4312
Area24.3 km2 (9.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Somerset Region
State electorate(s)Nanango
Federal division(s)Blair
Suburbs around Coal Creek:
Ottaba Mount Beppo Caboonbah
Biarra Coal Creek Lake Wivenhoe
Esk Murrumba Murrumba

Coal Creek is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Coal Creek had a population of 52 people.[1]

Geography[]

The watercourse Coal Creek enters the locality from the west (Biarra) and then meanders through the south of the locality before exiting to the east.[3] Once it was a tributary of the Brisbane River but now contributes directly into the upper reaches of Lake Wivenhoe created by the Wivenhoe Dam across the river.[4]

History[]

The locality presumably takes its name from the creek.[3]

Coal Creek Provisional School opened on 7 November 1892. On 1 January 1909 it became Coal Creek State School. It closed in 1948.[5]

In the 2016 census Coal Creek had a population of 52 people.[1] On average, each household is inhabited by 2.1 people, according to the census,[6] in comparison to the national average of 2.6.[7] 2016 was the first year in which the Australian census collected data specifically for Coal Creek.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Coal Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Coal Creek – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44852)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Coal Creek – watercourse in the Somerset Region (entry 7529)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ^ a b "2016 Census QuickStats: Coal Creek".
  7. ^ "Population and households".


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