Banks Pocket, Queensland
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| Coordinates: 26°09′05″S 152°40′15″E / 26.1513°S 152.6708°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 187 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 208/km2 (538/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4570 | ||||||||||||
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Banks Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Banks Pocket had a population of 187 people.[1]
Geography
The land use is rural residential housing.[3]
History
Bank's Pocket Provisional School opened on 3 June 1904. It became Bank's Pocket State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1959.[4] The school was on a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site on Bank's Pocket Road (26°09′14″S 152°40′24″E / 26.1538°S 152.6732°E).[5] The North Coast railway line passed immediately west of the school during its operational period, but the line was realigned further east in the 1980s to facilitate electrification, terminating Bank's Pocket Road before reaching the school site.[6]
The locality was officially named and bounded on 1 December 2000.[2]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Banks Pocket had a population of 156 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, Banks Pocket had a population of 187 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Banks Pocket. The nearest government primary school is Gympie West State School in Gympie to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are James Nash State High School and Gympie State High School, both in Gympie.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Banks Pocket (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- 1 2 "Banks Pocket – locality in Gympie Region (entry 46301)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Protected areas and forests; Land use". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "Agency ID 5924, Bank's Pocket State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ "Queensland Two Mile series sheet 2m110" (Map). Queensland Government. 1952. Retrieved 4 April 2026.
- ↑ O'Keeffe, Sean (23 May 2012). "Gympie and the railway" (PDF). Gympie Regional Library. p. 5.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Banks Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ↑ "Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments". Queensland Globe. Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 June 2024.