Jones Hill Gympie, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 26°13′50″S 152°40′10″E / 26.2305°S 152.6694°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,135 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4570 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 8.0 km2 (3.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Gympie Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Jones Hill is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Jones Hill had a population of 1,135 people.[3]
Jones Hill is 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) south of Gympie's central business district on the south-western bank of the Mary River.[4] Historically farm land, as at 2023, the land use is mostly residential with smaller suburban land parcels in the north-west of the locality and the rest of the locality being larger rural residential blocks. Some land is used for agriculture, a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated horticulture.[5]
At the 2006 census Jones Hill had a population of 550 people.[9]
In the 2016 census, Jones Hill had a population of 898 people.[10]
In the 2021 census, Jones Hill had a population of 1,135 people.[3]
Jones Hill has the following heritage listings:
Jones Hill State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 21 McIntosh Creek Road (26°13′45″S 152°40′03″E / 26.2291°S 152.6676°E).[13][14] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 399 students with 28 teachers (25 full-time equivalent) and 19 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).[15] It includes a special education program.[13]
There are no secondary schools in Jones Hill. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north.[5]