Frenches Creek, Queensland
| Frenches Creek Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Looking across Frenches Creek towards Mount French, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
  Frenches Creek | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°01′22″S 152°38′03″E / 28.0227°S 152.6341°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 85 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 8.76/km2 (22.70/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4310 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Scenic Rim Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Scenic Rim | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wright | ||||||||||||||
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Frenches Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 85 people.[1]
Geography[edit]
Teviot Brook enter the locality from the south (Bunjurgen) where it forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality and then exits towards the east (Dugundan). The watercourse Frenches Creek (from which the localiity presumably takes its name) rises in the north-west of the locality on the slopes of Mount French and becomes a tributary to Teviot Brook.[3]
Mount Alford Road enters the locality from the east (Dugundan) and exits to the south (Bunjurgen).[4]
There is some irrigated cropping near Teviot Brook with most of the locality being used for grazing on native vegetation. The higher slopes of Mount French in the north-west of the locality are undeveloped.[4]
History[edit]
In the 2016 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 85 people. The locality contains 36 households, in which 43.3% of the population are males and 56.7% of the population are females with a median age of 53, 15 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,125, $313 below the national average.[1]
Education[edit]
There are no schools in Frenches Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Boonah State School in Boonah to the north-west and Mount Alford State School in Mount Alford to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north-west.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Frenches Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Frenches Creek – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 50203)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Google (15 September 2021). "Frenches Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
