Moores Pocket, Queensland
Suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
27°35′56″S 152°46′57″E / 27.5988°S 152.7825°E / -27.5988; 152.7825 (Moores Pocket (centre of suburb))- 4.7 km (3 mi) NE of Ipswich CBD
- 41.3 km (26 mi) SW of Brisbane CBD
Suburbs around Moores Pocket: | ||
Tivoli | North Booval | North Booval |
Basin Pocket | Moores Pocket | North Booval |
East Ipswich | North Booval | North Booval |
Moores Pocket is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Moores Pocket had a population of 772 people.[1]
Geography
As the name suggests, Moores Pocket is bounded by the winding Bremer River on all sides except the north-west where it is separated from the suburb of Tivoli by Boundary Road.[3]
History
The origin of the suburb name is from Thomas Moore, an early blacksmith in the area.[2]
The suburb was greatly damaged in the 1893 Brisbane River flood.[4]
The suburb was flooded in the 2011 Queensland floods.[5]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, the locality of Moores Pocket had a population of 736 people.[6]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Moores Pocket had a population of 772 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moores Pocket (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Moores Pocket – suburb in City of Ipswich (entry 45057)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "MOORE'S POCKET". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser. Vol. XXXIV, no. 4932. Queensland, Australia. 11 February 1893. p. 5. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Aerial view of flood waters at Bremer Waters Residential Resort, Moore's Pocket Road, Tivoli, Ipswich, 2011". Picture Ipswich. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moores Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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Suburbs in the City of Ipswich, South East Queensland
- Amberley
- Ashwell
- Augustine Heights
- Barellan Point
- Basin Pocket
- Bellbird Park
- Blacksoil
- Blackstone
- Booval
- Brassall
- Brookwater
- Bundamba
- Calvert
- Camira
- Carole Park
- Churchill
- Chuwar
- Coalfalls
- Collingwood Park
- Deebing Heights
- Dinmore
- East Ipswich
- Eastern Heights
- Ebenezer
- Ebbw Vale
- Flinders View
- Gailes
- Goodna
- Goolman
- Grandchester
- Haigslea
- Ipswich
- Ironbark
- Jeebropilly
- Karalee
- Karrabin
- Lanefield
- Leichhardt
- Limestone Ridges
- Lower Mount Walker
- Marburg
- Moores Pocket
- Mount Forbes
- Mount Marrow
- Mount Mort
- Mount Walker West
- Muirlea
- Mutdapilly
- New Chum
- Newtown
- North Booval
- North Ipswich
- North Tivoli
- One Mile
- Peak Crossing
- Pine Mountain
- Purga
- Raceview
- Redbank
- Redbank Plains
- Ripley
- Riverview
- Rosewood
- Sadliers Crossing
- Silkstone
- South Ripley
- Spring Mountain
- Springfield
- Springfield Central
- Springfield Lakes
- Swanbank
- Tallegalla
- Thagoona
- The Bluff
- Tivoli
- Walloon
- West Ipswich
- White Rock
- Willowbank
- Woodend
- Woolshed
- Wulkuraka
- Yamanto
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