Ball Bay, Queensland
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 Footprints in the sand at Ball Bay, 1948 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 20°54′21″S 148°59′49″E / 20.9058°S 148.9969°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 384 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4741 | ||||||||||||
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Ball Bay is a coastal rural town, a locality and a bay in Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3][4] In the 2021 census, the locality of Ball Bay had a population of 384 people.[1]
Ball Bay is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) north-west of Mackay and 71 kilometres (44 mi) south-east of Proserpine. It is the nearest settlement to Cape Hillsborough National Park.[5]
Demographics
In the 2011 census, the locality of Ball Bay had a population of 628 people.[6]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Ball Bay had a population of 360 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Ball Bay had a population of 384 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Ball Bay. The nearest government primary school is Seaforth State School in neighbouring Seaforth to the west. The nearest government secondary school is Mackay North State High School in North Mackay to the south-east.[8]
