St Kilda, Queensland
| St Kilda Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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  St Kilda | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°03′09″S 151°55′14″E / 25.0524°S 151.9205°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 99 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 5.50/km2 (14.24/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4671 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18.0 km2 (6.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Bundaberg Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Callide | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flynn | ||||||||||||||
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St Kilda is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, St Kilda had a population of 99 people.[1]
Geography
St Kilda is a freehold farming area with cropping in the flatter northern part of the locality and grazing in the hillier land in the rest of the locality. It is bounded in the south-west by Currajong Creek.[3]
History
St Kilda State School was opened on 20 November 1915 by Thomas Armfield, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Musgrave. It was an open air school. It closed in 1922.[4][5] It was on the south-east corner of Currajong Farms Road and Booths Road (25°02′59″S 151°55′48″E / 25.04978°S 151.93009°E).[6][3]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, St Kilda had a population of 90 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, St Kilda had a population of 99 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in St Kilda. The nearest government primary schools are Wallaville State School in neighbouring Wallaville to the south-east and Gin Gin State School in Gin Gin to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Gin Gin State High School in Gin Gin.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "St Kilda (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "St Kilda – locality in Bundaberg Region (entry 44772)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
- ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
- ^ "OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS". The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser. Vol. 45, no. 5624. Queensland, Australia. 17 April 1915. p. 2. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "County of Bowen" (Map). Queensland Government. 1923. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "St Kilda (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
