Mountain Creek Buderim, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 26°41′55″S 153°06′04″E / 26.6986°S 153.1011°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 11,950 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1986 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4557 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
County | Canning | ||||||||||||||
Parish | Mooloolah | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Buderim | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
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Mountain Creek is a suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Mountain Creek had a population of 11,950 people.[3]
Mountain Creek was named after the creek of the same name that drains the southern slopes of Buderim. It is tidal for a short distance and flows into the Mooloolah River above the Cod Hole and the Traffic Bridge on the Nicklin Way.[4]
The suburb was named and bounded on 25 October 1986.[2]
Mountain Creek State School opened on 1 January 1994.[5]
Mountain Creek State High School on 27 January 1995.[5]
Brightwater State School opened on 1 January 2012.[6]
In the 2016 census, Mountain Creek had a population of 11,254 people.[7]
In the 2021 census, Mountain Creek had a population of 11,950 people.[3]
Mountain Creek is among the top 27% of affluent areas in the Sunshine Coast region, with a median household income of $1,910. The economic class distribution is skewed towards the middle class, at 51.7%, with the rest distributed among the underclass (13%), upper class (5.5%), and working class (29.8%).[8][clarification needed]
Mountain Creek State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Lady Musgrave Drive (26°41′27″S 153°06′12″E / 26.6909°S 153.1033°E).[9][10] It includes a special education program.[9] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 984 students with 68 teachers (59 full-time equivalent) and 48 non-teaching staff (31 full-time equivalent).[11] In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 800 students with 63 teachers (52 full-time equivalent) and 40 non-teaching staff (26 full-time equivalent).[12]
Brightwater State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 20 Dianella Drive (26°42′33″S 153°06′41″E / 26.7091°S 153.1115°E).[9][13] It includes a special education program.[9] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,055 students with 70 teachers (62 full-time equivalent) and 30 non-teaching staff (22 full-time equivalent).[11] In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 909 students with 68 teachers (59 full-time equivalent) and 27 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).[14]
Mountain Creek State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Lady Musgrave Drive (26°41′17″S 153°06′10″E / 26.6881°S 153.1029°E).[9][15] It includes a special education program.[9] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 2,111 students with 168 teachers (151 full-time equivalent) and 57 non-teaching staff (43 full-time equivalent).[11] In 2022, the school had an enrolment of 2,179 students with 171 teachers (157 full-time equivalent) and 54 non-teaching staff (42 full-time equivalent).[16]
Despite the name, the Mooloolaba campus of TAFE Queensland is at 34 Lady Musgrave Drive in Mountain Creek (26°41′32″S 153°06′24″E / 26.6923°S 153.1068°E).[17][18]
The Sunshine Coast Regional Council operates a mobile library service which visits Glenfields Boulevard near the park and Karawatha Drive near the shopping centre.[19]
There are a number of parks in the area: