Frenches Creek, Queensland

Suburb of Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia
28°01′22″S 152°38′03″E / 28.0227°S 152.6341°E / -28.0227; 152.6341 (Frenches Creek (centre of locality))Population91 (2021 census)[1] • Density9.38/km2 (24.30/sq mi)Postcode(s)4310Area9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)LGA(s)Scenic Rim RegionState electorate(s)Scenic RimFederal division(s)Wright
Suburbs around Frenches Creek:
Mount French Mount French Mount French
Bunjurgen Frenches Creek Dugandan
Bunjurgen Bunjurgen Dugandan

Frenches Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 91 people.[1]

Geography

Paddocks along Mount Alford Road, 2016

Teviot Brook enter the locality from the south (Bunjurgen) where it forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality and then exits towards the east (Dugundan). The watercourse Frenches Creek (from which the localiity presumably takes its name) rises in the north-west of the locality on the slopes of Mount French and becomes a tributary to Teviot Brook.[3]

Mount Alford Road enters the locality from the east (Dugundan) and exits to the south (Bunjurgen).[4]

There is some irrigated cropping near Teviot Brook with most of the locality being used for grazing on native vegetation. The higher slopes of Mount French in the north-west of the locality are undeveloped.[4]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 85 people. The locality contains 36 households, in which 43.3% of the population are males and 56.7% of the population are females with a median age of 53, 15 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,125, $313 below the national average.[5]

In the 2021 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 91 people.[1]

Education

There are no schools in Frenches Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Boonah State School in Boonah to the north-west and Mount Alford State School in Mount Alford to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north-west.[4]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frenches Creek, Queensland.
  1. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Frenches Creek (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Frenches Creek – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 50203)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. ^ Google (15 September 2021). "Frenches Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Frenches Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  • v
  • t
  • e
Towns and localities in the Scenic Rim Region, South East Queensland