Moores Pocket, Queensland

Moores Pocket
Moores Pocket Road, 2023
Moores Pocket
Coordinates: 27°35′56″S 152°46′57″E / 27.5988°S 152.7825°E / -27.5988; 152.7825 (Moores Pocket (centre of suburb))
CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
CityIpswich
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Area
 • Total
0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi)
Population
 • Total772 (2021 census)[2]
 • Density860/km2 (2,220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode
4305
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.[3] In the 2021 census, Moores Pocket had a population of 772 people.[2]

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.[4]

History

The origin of the suburb name is from Thomas Moore, an early blacksmith in the area.[3]

The suburb was greatly damaged in the 1893 Brisbane River flood.[5]

The suburb was flooded in the 2011 Queensland floods.[6]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the locality of Moores Pocket had a population of 736 people.[7]

In the 2021 census, the locality of Moores Pocket had a population of 772 people.[2]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moores Pocket (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^ a b c Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moores Pocket (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Moores Pocket – suburb in City of Ipswich (entry 45057)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moores Pocket (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.