Spring Creek, Queensland (Lockyer Valley Region)
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| Coordinates: 27°26′30″S 152°19′19″E / 27.4416°S 152.3219°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 45.1 km2 (17.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 494 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 10.953/km2 (28.37/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4343 | ||||||||||||
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Spring Creek is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Spring Creek had a population of 494 people.[1]
Clarendon Provisional School opened circa 1882. In 1903, it was renamed Springdale Provisional School. It became Springdale State School on 1 January 1909, but closed later in 1909. Its precise location is not known but it was in the vicinity of the intersection of (present day) Adare, Lake Clarendon and Spring Creek.[3]
Southern Queensland Correctional Centre opened in January 2012.[4]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Spring Creek had a population of 601 people.[5]
In the 2021 census, Spring Creek had a population of 494 people.[1]
