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Moy Pocket, Queensland
Moy Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.[1] GeographyThe locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road.[3] The Mary River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.[4] Moy Pocket has the following mountains:[4]
Moy Pocket Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south (Gheerulla) and exiting to the north-west (Brooloo).[3] The land use is a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some rural residential housing.[8] HistoryThe locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality (26°31′58″S 152°45′28″E / 26.5327°S 152.7579°E).[9][10][11] DemographicsIn the 2016 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.[12] In the 2021 census, Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.[1] EducationThere are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south-west.[13] The nearest government secondary schools are:[13]
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