Upper Lockyer, Queensland

Upper Lockyer is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census Upper Lockyer had a population of 538 people.[1]

Upper Lockyer
Queensland
Upper Lockyer
Coordinates27.4836°S 152.0716°E / -27.4836; 152.0716 (Upper Lockyer (centre of locality))
Population538 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density35.39/km2 (91.7/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4352
Area15.2 km2 (5.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)Lockyer
Federal Division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Upper Lockyer:
Murphys Creek Murphys Creek White Mountain
Murphys Creek Upper Lockyer Helidon
Lockyer Lockyer Lockyer

History

Lockyer Upper State School opened on 3 July 1939. It closed on 27 September 1968.[3]

In the 2016 census Upper Lockyer had a population of 538 people.[1]

Community groups

The Upper Lockyer Withcott branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 4 Biggs Road, Withcott.[4]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Upper Lockyer (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Upper Lockyer – locality in Lockyer Valley Region (entry 44993)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 27 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
  4. "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.


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