Punchs Creek
Suburb of Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia
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Punchs Creek is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Punchs Creek had a population of 35 people.[1]
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| Coordinates: 27.9833°S 151.4°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 101.4 km2 (39.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 35 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.345/km2 (0.894/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4357 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
The creek Punch Creek enters the locality from the south (Stonehenge) and exits to the north (Tummaville).[3]
The land use is crop growing with some grazing on native vegetation.[4]
History
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Punchs Creek had a population of 43 people.[8]
In the 2021 census, Punchs Creek had a population of 35 people.[1]
Education
There are no schools in Punchs Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Millmerran State School in neighbouring Millmerran to the north-west, Leyburn State School in Leyburn to the east, and Brookstead State School in Brookstead to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Millmerran State School (to Year 10) and Pittsworth State High School (to Year 12) in Pittsworth to the north-east. However, Pittsworth State High School may be too distant for some students in southern Punchs Creek for a daily commute; the alternatives are distance education and boarding school.[9]
There is also a Catholic primary school in Millmerran.[9]
