| Sugarloaf Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  Sugarloaf | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°18′45″S148°37′56″E / 20.3125°S 148.6322°E Coordinates: 20°18′45″S148°37′56″E / 20.3125°S 148.6322°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 278 (2016 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 41.5/km2 (107.5/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4800 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Whitsunday Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Whitsunday | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Dawson | ||||||||||||||
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Sugarloaf is a rural locality in the Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] In the 2016 census, Sugarloaf had a population of 278 people. [1]
Suburbs and localities are the names of geographic subdivisions in Australia, used mainly for address purposes. The term locality is used in rural areas, while the term suburb is used in urban areas. Australian postcodes closely align with the boundaries of localities and suburbs.
The Whitsunday Region is a local government area located in North Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by two previous local government areas with a history extending back to the establishment of regional local government in Queensland in 1879.
Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).
