Dingo Pocket, Queensland
Suburb of Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
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Dingo Pocket is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Dingo Pocket had a population of 79 people.[1]
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| Coordinates: 17.93°S 145.8069°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 45.1 km2 (17.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 79 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.752/km2 (4.54/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4854 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
The Tully River forms the western boundary of the locality.[3]
The land use is a mixture of crop growing (sugarcane and tropical fruit) on the flatter land with grazing on native vegetation on the hilly terrain.[4]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Dingo Pocket had a population of 89 people.[5]
In the 2021 census, Dingo Pocket had a population of 79 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Dingo Pocket. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Tully State School and Tully State High School, both in Tully to the east.[6]
