• Source: Moy Pocket, Queensland

Moy Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.




Geography


The locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road. The Mary River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.
Moy Pocket has the following mountains:

Bloolou in the west of the locality (26.5177°S 152.7214°E / -26.5177; 152.7214 (Bloolou)) rising to 368 metres (1,207 ft) above sea level
Mount Kenilworth on the south-western boundary with Brooloo (26.5169°S 152.7541°E / -26.5169; 152.7541 (Mount Kenilworth)) rising to 529 metres (1,736 ft)
Moy Pocket Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south (Gheerulla) and exiting to the north-west (Brooloo).
The land use is a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some rural residential housing.




History


The locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality (26.5327°S 152.7579°E / -26.5327; 152.7579 (Moy Pocket farm (former))).




Demographics


In the 2016 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.
In the 2021 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.




Education


There are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south-west.
The nearest government secondary schools are:

Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil to the north-west
Gympie State High School (to Year 12) in Gympie to the north
Noosa District State High School (to Year 12) which has its junior campus in Pomona and its senior campus on Cooroy, both to the north-east
Maleny State High School (to Year 12) in Maleny to the south-east




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Moy Pocket, Queensland
• Brooloo, Queensland
• Salisbury, Queensland
• Kenilworth, Queensland
• Gerard Rennick
• Gympie Region
• List of schools in Wide Bay–Burnett
• Bollier, Queensland
• Gheerulla
• Belli Park, Queensland