| Lockrose Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Green Pastures Lutheran Church, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
  Lockrose | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°29′37″S152°27′38″E / 27.4937°S 152.4606°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 564 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4342 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 15.7 km2 (6.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Lockyer | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||||
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Lockrose is a rural locality split between the Lockyer Valley Region and Somerset Region of Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, Lockrose had a population of 564 people. [4]
Lockrose is in South East Queensland. The northern boundary of Lockrose is marked by Lockyer Creek and the southern boundary by Brightview Road. [5]
Although not officially gazetted as a town, there is an established urban area in the centre of the locality where the school, church and other amenities are located and surrounded by housing. There is a second pocket of rural residential development in the south of the locality. [5]
Areas along the creek have been intensely farmed with irrigated crops with other rural land used for grazing on native vegetation. [5]
Lockrose Provisional School opened 20 March 1905. It became Lockrose State School on 1 January 1909. [6] [7]
Green Pastures Lutheran Church opened in November 1909 under the leadership of Pastor Millat. There were approximately 350 people in attendance including the children at the school who were given a holiday so they could attend. It was described as the largest festival to have taken place in Lockrose. The wooden church was 30 by 20 feet (9.1 m × 6.1 m) and cost £ 136 (including fencing) and was free of debt at its opening. [8] [9]
Lockrose Post Office opened by 1913 (a receiving office had been open from 1906) and closed in 1972. [10]
In the 2011 census, Lockrose had a population of 553 people. [11]
In the 2016 census, Lockrose had a population of 562 people. [12]
In the 2021 census, Lockrose had a population of 564 people. [4]
Lockrose State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 17 Zabel Road ( 27°29′37″S152°27′36″E / 27.4936°S 152.4601°E ). [13] [14] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 64 students with 5 teachers and 9 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent). [15]
There are no secondary schools in Lockrose. The nearest government secondary school is Lowood State High School in Lowood to the north-east. [5]
Services are held at the Green Pastures Lutheran Church in Zabel Road each Sunday. [16] There is a cemetery behind the church. [17]
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