Frenches Creek, Queensland
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Frenches Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 85 people.[1]
Geography
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]
History
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.[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
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Frenches Creek (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Frenches Creek – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 50203)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ Google (15 September 2021). "Frenches Creek, Queensland" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ State of Queensland. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
