Frenches Creek, Queensland

Frenches Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2021 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 91 people.^[1]

Frenches Creek Queensland
Looking across Frenches Creek towards Mount French, 2016
Frenches Creek
Coordinates	28.0227°S 152.6341°E / -28.0227; 152.6341 (Frenches Creek (centre of locality))
Population	91 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	9.38/km2 (24.30/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4310
Area	9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
LGA(s)	Scenic Rim Region
State electorate(s)	Scenic Rim
Federal division(s)	Wright
Suburbs around Frenches Creek: Mount French Mount French Mount French Bunjurgen Frenches Creek Dugandan Bunjurgen Bunjurgen Dugandan

Geography

Paddocks along Mount Alford Road, 2016

Teviot Brook enter the locality from the south (Bunjurgen) where it forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality and then exits towards the east (Dugundan). The watercourse Frenches Creek (from which the localiity presumably takes its name) rises in the north-west of the locality on the slopes of Mount French and becomes a tributary to Teviot Brook.^[3]

Mount Alford Road enters the locality from the east (Dugundan) and exits to the south (Bunjurgen).^[4]

There is some irrigated cropping near Teviot Brook with most of the locality being used for grazing on native vegetation. The higher slopes of Mount French in the north-west of the locality are undeveloped.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 85 people. The locality contains 36 households, in which 43.3% of the population are males and 56.7% of the population are females with a median age of 53, 15 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,125, $313 below the national average.^[5]

In the 2021 census, Frenches Creek had a population of 91 people.^[1]

Education

There are no schools in Frenches Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Boonah State School in Boonah to the north-west and Mount Alford State School in Mount Alford to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north-west.^[4]