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Suburb of Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Moy Pocket Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 26.5277°S 152.7430°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 120 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 6.63/km2 (17.2/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4574 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 18.1 km2 (7.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Gympie Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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 (26.5327°S 152.7579°E).[9][10][11]
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]
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]
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