West Point, Queensland
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| West Point Magnetic Island, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Road to West Point, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
  West Point | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 19°07′59″S 146°46′59″E / 19.1330°S 146.7830°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 32 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.290/km2 (3.34/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4819 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 24.8 km2 (9.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 12.3 km (8 mi) NW of Nelly Bay | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Townsville | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Herbert | ||||||||||||||
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West Point is an island town and suburb of Magnetic Island in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the suburb of West Point had a population of 32 people.[1]
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The suburb has the following headlands:
- Liver Point (19°06′56″S 146°47′24″E / 19.1155°S 146.7901°E)[4][5]
- West Point (19°07′43″S 146°46′46″E / 19.1286°S 146.7795°E)[4][6]
The town of West Point is located south of the headland of the same name. It is accessed via West Point Road from Picnic Bay to the south.[7]
Mount Cook is in the east of the suburb (19°08′23″S 146°49′46″E / 19.1396°S 146.8295°E), rising to 493 metres (1,617 ft).[4][8]
Most of the suburb is within the Magnetic Island National Park, except for the strip along the west coast of the island where the town and some other residential housing is situated, together with the Magnetic Island Conservation Park 1 and the Bolger Bay Conservation Park.[9][10][11]
History
West Point is the original site of the Magnetic Island Quarantine Station Reserve proclaimed in Queensland Government Gazette in 1886.[12] The station was moved to Cape Pallarenda on the mainland near Townsville in 1915, creating the Cape Pallarenda Quarantine Station (now heritage-listed).[2]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, the suburb of West Point had a population of 32 people.[13]
In the 2021 census, the suburb of West Point had a population of 32 people, unchanged from 2016.[1]
