| Mount Moffatt Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Mount Moffatt | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°09′44″S147°51′58″E / 25.1622°S 147.8661°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 14 (SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4465 [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2,120.0 km2 (818.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Maranoa Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Warrego | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Moffatt is a rural locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. [3] In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people. [4]
Mount Moffatt's postcode is 4465. [2]
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Chesterton Range, to the north and north-east by the Great Dividing Range, and to the east by the Merivale River. [5]
The terrain is quite mountainous with the following named features (from north to south);
The Maranoa River rises in the locality with the west branch rising in the north of the locality ( 24°56′31″S148°01′54″E / 24.94185°S 148.03174°E ) and the east branch rising in the north-east of the locality ( 25°01′14″S148°05′25″E / 25.02058°S 148.09040°E ). The two branches of the river flow south with their confluence in the south of the locality ( 25°17′18″S147°46′01″E / 25.28844°S 147.76686°E ). [5]
There are a number of protected areas within the locality: [5]
Apart from the protected areas, the land use is grazing on native vegetation. [5]
The locality was initially called Mount Moffat, but changed to Mount Moffatt on 18 October 2002. It is presumably named after the mountain Mount Moffatt within the locality. [3] [9]
In the 2016 census, Mount Moffatt had "no people or a very low population". [19]
In the 2021 census, Mount Moffatt had a population of 14 people. [4]
There are no schools in Mount Moffatt nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school. [20]
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