Ilkley, Queensland

Ilkley is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Ilkley had a population of 827 people.[1]

Ilkley
Queensland
Ilkley
Coordinates26.7316°S 152.9927°E / -26.7316; 152.9927 (Ilkley (centre of locality))
Population827 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density50.12/km2 (129.8/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4554
Area16.5 km2 (6.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Sunshine Coast Region
State electorate(s)Nicklin
Federal Division(s)Fisher
Suburbs around Ilkley:
Palmwoods Chevallum Tanawha
Eudlo Ilkley Tanawha
Mooloolah Valley Mooloolah Valley Glenview

History

Following the establishment of a settlement there about 1890, the locality was named Ilkley after Ilkey in Yorkshire, England, the home town of the local preacher Joseph Kitson.[2]

Ilkley Provisional School opened on 25 November 1901, becoming Ilkley State School on 1 January 1909. In 1924, it briefly became a part-time school sharing a teacher with Chevallum State School. Ilkley continued a full-time school until its final closure in 1964.[3]

In the 2016 census Ilkley had a population of 827 people.[1]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ilkley (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Ilkley – locality in Sunshine Coast Region (entry 50062)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  • "Ilkley". Queensland Places. Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland.


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