Banks Pocket, Queensland
Suburb of Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia
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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]
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| Coordinates: 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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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 (26.1538°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]
