Lower Mount Walker, Queensland

Lower Mount Walker is a locality split between the Scenic Rim Region and City of Ipswich local government areas of South East Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2016 census, Lower Mount Walker had a population of 185 people.[1]

Lower Mount Walker
Queensland
Fields along Stokes Crossing Road, 2015
Lower Mount Walker is located in Queensland
Lower Mount Walker
Lower Mount Walker
Coordinates27.7180°S 152.5252°E / -27.7180; 152.5252
Population185 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density3.157/km2 (8.177/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4340
Area58.6 km2 (22.6 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)Scenic Rim
Federal division(s)
Suburbs around Lower Mount Walker:
Calvert Lanefield
Rosewood		 Ebenezer
Grandchester Lower Mount Walker Mount Forbes
Mount Mort Mount Walker West Mount Walker

Geography

The Bremer River passes through the locality.

Lower Mount Walker is home to a remnant swamp tea-tree forest which is considered critically endangered.[4]

History

Mount Walker Lower Provisional School opened on 12 November 1923. In 1927, the school building was relocated from Mount French to Lower Mount Walker.[5] Mount Walker Lower State School was proclaimed on 19 March 1928. The school closed circa 1945.[6][7] It was at 286-294 Mount Walker West Road (27.7051°S 152.5372°E / -27.7051; 152.5372 (Mount Walker Lower State School (former))).[8][9]

In the 2016 census, Lower Mount Walker has a population of 185. The locality contained 70 households, in which 51.4% of the population were males and 48.6% of the population were females with a median age of 44, 6 years above the national average. The average weekly household income was $1,437, $1 below the national average. None of Lower Mount Walker's population was either of Aborigional or Torres Strait Islander descent. 65.2% of the population aged 15 or over were either registered or de facto married, while 34.8% of the population was not married. 31.5% of the population was currently attending some form of a compulsory education. The most common nominated ancestries were Australian (39.1%), English (21.0%) and Scottish (8.2%), while the most common country of birth was Australia (71.8%), and the most commonly spoken language at home was English (85.0%). The most common nominated religions were Catholic (26.7%), Anglican (20.6%) and Not stated (20.0%). The most common occupation was a cleric/administration worker (22.3%) and the majority/plurality of residents worked 40 or more hours per week (60.2%).[1]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lower Mount Walker (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "Lower Mount Walker – locality in City of Ipswich (entry 45096)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. "Lower Mount Walker – locality in Scenic Rim Region (entry 45213)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. Neroli Roocke (8 December 2011). "Call to arms for endangered Queensland forest". ABC Rural. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  5. "COUNTRY NEWS. IPSWICH". The Brisbane Courier. No. 21, 776. Queensland, Australia. 11 November 1927. p. 10. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  7. "Agency ID 9147, Mount Walker Lower State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  8. "Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2510" (Map). Queensland Government. 1973. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  9. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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