Ironpot, Queensland (Livingstone Shire)
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| Coordinates: 23°16′12″S 150°35′59″E / 23.27°S 150.5997°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 36.4 km2 (14.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 184 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 5.055/km2 (13.09/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4701 | ||||||||||||
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Ironpot is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Ironpot had a population of 184 people.[1]
The Rockhampton-Yeppoon Road (also known as Yeppoon Road) enters the locality from the south-west (Limestone Creek) and exits to the north-east (Mulara).[3]
The southern corner of the locality is within the Mount Archer State Forest which extends into neighbouring Limestone Creek and Mount Chalmers. Mount Nicholson is within the state forest (23°18′48″S 150°36′15″E / 23.3133°S 150.6042°E) rising to 572 metres (1,877 ft) above sea level.[4][5]
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with rural residential housing in the centre and south-west of the locality.[6]
