Shell Pocket, Queensland
Suburb of Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia
17°48′59″S 145°58′58″E / 17.8163°S 145.9827°E / -17.8163; 145.9827Suburbs around Shell Pocket: | ||
Gulngai | Jaffa | El Arish |
Gulngai | Shell Pocket | Maadi |
Gulngai | Maadi | Maadi |
Shell Pocket is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Shell Pocket had a population of 83 people.[1]
Geography
Shell Pocket is situated between the mountains of the Great Dividing Range on either side and Big Maria Creek in the valley below. Many spring fed streams sourced in the mountains feed the waterway and, beside the high rainfall, ensure permanent water all year round. Like most of the Wet Tropics region in Far North Queensland, Shell Pocket mainly produces sugarcane.
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Shell Pocket had a population of 91 people.[3]
In the 2021 census, Shell Pocket had a population of 83 people.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Shell Pocket (SSC)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ "Shell Pocket – locality in Cassowary Coast Region (entry 45750)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shell Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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Towns and localities in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland
- Bamboo Creek
- Basilisk
- Belvedere
- Bilyana
- Bingil Bay
- Birkalla
- Bombeeta
- Boogan
- Bulgun
- Camp Creek
- Cardstone
- Cardwell
- Carmoo
- Carruchan
- Coconuts
- Comoon Loop
- Cooroo Lands
- Coorumba
- Coquette Point
- Cowley
- Cowley Beach
- Cowley Creek
- Cullinane
- Currajah
- Damper Creek
- Daradgee
- Daveson
- Dingo Pocket
- Djarawong
- Djiru
- Dunk
- East Feluga
- East Innisfail
- East Palmerston
- Eaton
- El Arish
- Ellerbeck
- Etty Bay
- Eubenangee
- Euramo
- Feluga
- Fitzgerald Creek
- Flying Fish Point
- Friday Pocket
- Garners Beach
- Garradunga
- Germantown
- Googarra Beach
- Goolboo
- Goondi
- Goondi Bend
- Goondi Hill
- Granadilla
- Gulngai
- Hinchinbrook
- Hudson
- Hull Heads
- Innisfail
- Innisfail Estate
- Jaffa
- Japoon
- Japoonvale
- Jarra Creek
- Jubilee Heights
- Jumbun
- Kennedy
- Kooroomool
- Kurrimine Beach
- Lower Cowley
- Lower Tully
- Lumholtz
- Maadi
- Mamu
- Maria Creeks
- Martyville
- McCutcheon
- Mena Creek
- Merryburn
- Midgenoo
- Midgeree Bar
- Mighell
- Mission Beach
- Moresby
- Mount Mackay
- Mourilyan
- Mourilyan Harbour
- Mundoo
- Munro Plains
- Murray Upper
- Murrigal
- Nerada
- New Harbourline
- Ngatjan
- No. 4 Branch
- No. 5 Branch
- No. 6 Branch
- O'Briens Hill
- Palmerston
- Pin Gin Hill
- Rockingham
- Rungoo
- Sandy Pocket
- Shell Pocket
- Silkwood
- Silky Oak
- South Innisfail
- South Johnstone
- South Mission Beach
- Stockton
- Stoters Hill
- Sundown
- Tam O'Shanter
- Tully
- Tully Heads
- Upper Daradgee
- Utchee Creek
- Vasa Views
- Walter Hill
- Walter Lever Estate
- Wangan
- Wanjuru
- Warrami
- Warrubullen
- Webb
- Wongaling Beach
- Wooroonooran
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