| Moy Pocket Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Moy Pocket | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°31′40″S152°44′35″E / 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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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]
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°31′58″S152°45′28″E / 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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