Mount Kilcoy, Queensland
| Mount Kilcoy Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Paddocks on Jenkinsons Road, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
  Mount Kilcoy | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°50′32″S 152°34′21″E / 26.8422°S 152.5724°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 277 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4515 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 77.9 km2 (30.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Somerset Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Kilcoy is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mount Kilcoy had a population of 277 people.[3]
Geography[edit]
Mount Kilcoy occupies a valley drained by Kilcoy Creek at the southern end of the Conondale Range. Kilcoy Weir was built at Mount Kilcoy and is able to retain a maximum of 158 megalitres.[4] The flatter land along the creek is used for agriculture while the sloping terrain towards the north, east and western boundaries remains vegetated.
History[edit]
The locality takes its name from the mountain which in turn takes its name from the pastoral station established by brothers Evan and Colin Mackenzie in 1842, which in turns takes its name from Kilcoy in Ross-shire, Scotland (57°32′15″N 4°22′15″W / 57.5376°N 4.3708°W).[2]
Mount Kilcoy State School opened on 18 January 1909 with one teacher and 26 students.[5][6][7]
Demographics[edit]
In the 2011 census, Mount Kilcoy had a population of 255 people.[8]
In the 2016 census, Mount Kilcoy had a population of 261 people.[9]
In the 2021 census, Mount Kilcoy had a population of 277 people.[3]
Education[edit]
Mount Kilcoy State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 251 Jenkinsons Road (26°52′25″S 152°35′13″E / 26.8736°S 152.5869°E).[10][11] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 129 students with 13 teachers (8 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent).[12]
There are no seconndary schools in Mount Kilcoy. The nearest government secondary school is Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy to the south.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Kilcoy (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Mount Kilcoy – locality in Somerset Region (entry 44902)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Kilcoy (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Weirs". Seqwater. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Mount Kilcoy State School". Department of Education and Training. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ "Our school". Mount Kilcoy State School. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mount Kilcoy (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Kilcoy (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Mount Kilcoy State School". Mount Kilcoy State School. 29 November 2020. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "ACARA School Profile 2017". Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
External links[edit]
Media related to Mount Kilcoy, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons