| Rocky Point Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Western Cape College, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
  Rocky Point | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°37′08″S141°53′08″E / 12.6188°S 141.8855°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,214 (2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 471/km2 (1,220/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4874 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Weipa Town | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Leichhardt | ||||||||||||||
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Rocky Point is a residential locality in the Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2021 census, Rocky Point had a population of 2,214 people. [1]
Over half of the land in Rocky Point is used for residential housing with the remainder undeveloped. [3]
Weipa North State School opened on 14 March 1966. On 1 January 2002, it became the Weipa campus of the Western Cape College. [4]
In the 2016 census, Rocky Point had a population of 1,957 people. [5]
In the 2021 census, Rocky Point had a population of 2,214 people. 22.5% of the population identified as Aboriginal Australian or Torres Strait Islander. [1]
The Weipa Town Authority provides the Hibberd Library in Hibberd Drive. [6]
St Joseph's Catholic Church is on Boundary Road at Rocky Point. It is within the Weipa Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns. [7]
Western Cape College is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls. Its Weipa Campus is at Central Avenue ( 12°37′36″S141°52′48″E / 12.6268°S 141.8801°E ). [8] [9] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 958 students with 88 teachers (85 full-time equivalent) and 76 non-teaching staff (62 full-time equivalent). [10] It includes a special education program. [8] It offers boarding facilities at Lot 50 Tamarind Road ( 12°37′38″S141°53′23″E / 12.6273°S 141.8897°E ). [8]
Weipa is a coastal mining town in the local government area of Weipa Town in Queensland. It is one of the largest towns on the Cape York Peninsula. It exists because of the enormous bauxite deposits along the coast. The Port of Weipa is mainly involved in exports of bauxite. There are also shipments of live cattle from the port.
Coen is a rural town and coastal locality in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. The town of Coen is inland on the Peninsula Developmental Road, the main road on the Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland. The community is quite busy, particularly in the dry season, with all tourists and visitors travelling the Peninsula Development Road up to the tip of Cape York having to pass through the town.
Eatons Hill is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Eatons Hill had a population of 7,822 people. Its postcode is 4037.
Bamaga is an Indigneous town and locality about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the northern tip of Cape York in the north of Queensland, Australia. It is within the Northern Peninsula Area Region. It is one of the northernmost settlements in continental Australia and is the administrative centre for the Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council.
Kowanyama is a town and coastal locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama, Queensland, Australia.
Mapoon is a coastal town in the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon and a locality split between the Aboriginal Shire of Mapoon and the Shire of Cook in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Mapoon had a population of 469 people.
Napranum is a remote town in the locality of Mission River in the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the town of Napranum had a population of 716 Indigenous Australians.
Nanum is a coastal residential locality in Weipa Town, Far North Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Nanum had a population of 904 people.
Kamerunga is a town and a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Kamerunga had a population of 962 people.
East Trinity is a coastal rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as Trinity East. In the 2021 census, East Trinity had a population of 238 people.
Whitfield is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Whitfield had a population of 4,262 people.
Redlynch is a semi-rural town and suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Redlynch had a population of 10,571 people.
Weipa Town is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia. It covers the town of Weipa on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula, including the localities of Rocky Point, Trunding, Nanum, Evans Landing, and Weipa Airport. It is an unusual local government area as it is not governed and managed by a council elected by residents but rather by the company Rio Tinto Aluminium through a governing body called the Weipa Town Authority.
Earlville is a suburb of Cairns in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Earlville had a population of 4,200 people.
Deeral is a town and coastal locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Deeral had a population of 151 people.
Daradgee is a rural town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Daradgee had a population of 90 people.
Mission River is a coastal rural locality split between the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum in Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Mission River had a population of 974 people.
Trunding is a coastal residential locality in the Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Trunding had a population of 929 people.
Evans Landing is a rural locality in the Weipa Town, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Evans Landing had a population of 56 people.
Barron Gorge is a rural locality in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Barron Gorge had "no people or a very low population".
