The Keppels, Queensland

The Keppels
Suburb
The Great Keppel Island
The Keppels
Coordinates: 23°11′52″S150°56′39″E / 23.1977°S 150.9441°E / -23.1977; 150.9441 (The Keppels (centre of locality))
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
LGA	Livingstone Shire
Government
•  State electorate	Keppel
Area
• Total	1,028.7 km2 (397.2 sq mi)
Population
• Total	60 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	0.058/km2 (0.151/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode	4700
Suburbs around The Keppels Farnborough Bangalee Yeppoon Coral Sea Coral Sea Cooee Bay Lammermoor Rosslyn Mulambin Causeway Lake Kinka Beach The Keppels Coral Sea Emu Park Zilzie Keppel Sands Joskeleigh Coral Sea Coral Sea

The Keppels is an off-shore locality for the Keppel Islands, an island group in the Coral Sea within the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. ^{[2] [3] [4]} In the 2021 census, The Keppels had a population of 60. ^[1]

Geography

The largest islands are Great Keppel Island and North Keppel Island. ^[5]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, The Keppels had a population of 50 people. ^[6]

In the 2021 census, The Keppels had a population of 60 people. ^[1]

Education

North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre is an Outdoor and Environmental Education Centre at North Keppel Island ( 23°04′35″S150°53′07″E / 23.0764°S 150.8853°E / -23.0764; 150.8853 (North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre) ). ^{[7] [8]}

There are no mainstream schools on The Keppels. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school. ^[9]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "The Keppels (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
2. "The Keppels – locality in Livingstone Shire (entry 48895)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 October 2019.
3. "Keppel Islands – Island ground in the Shire of Livingstone (entry 18000)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
4. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
5. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
6. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "The Keppels (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
7. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
8. "North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre" . Retrieved 21 November 2018.
9. "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government . Retrieved 16 September 2025.