Spring Creek, Queensland (Lockyer Valley Region)

This article is about the locality in the Lockyer Valley Region. For the locality in the Shire of Banana, see Spring Creek, Queensland (Banana Shire). For the locality in Toowoomba/Southern Downs, see Spring Creek, Queensland (Darling Downs).

Spring Creek is a rural locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2021 census, Spring Creek had a population of 494 people.^[1]

Spring Creek Queensland
Spring Creek
Coordinates	27.4416°S 152.3219°E / -27.4416; 152.3219 (Spring Creek (centre of locality))
Population	494 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	10.953/km2 (28.37/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4343
Area	45.1 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	17.5 km (11 mi) NNE of Gatton 53.4 km (33 mi) ENE of Toowoomba CBD 64.4 km (40 mi) WNW of Ipswich 101 km (63 mi) W of Brisbane
LGA(s)	Lockyer Valley Region
State electorate(s)	Lockyer
Federal division(s)	Wright
Suburbs around Spring Creek: Buaraba Buaraba Churchable Vinegar Hill Spring Creek Lockyer Waters Adare Lake Clarendon Morton Vale

History

Clarendon Provisional School opened on circa 1882. In 1903, it was renamed Springdale Provisional School. It became Springdale State School on 1 January 1909, but closed later in 1909. Its precise location is not known but it was in the vicinity of the intersection of (present day) Adare, Lake Clarendon and Spring Creek.^[3]

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre opened in January 2012.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Spring Creek had a population of 601 people.^[5]

In the 2021 census, Spring Creek had a population of 494 people.^[1]

Education

There are no schools in Spring Creek. The nearest government primary school is Lake Claredon State School in neighbouring Lake Clarendon to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Lockyer District State High School in Gatton to the south.^[6]

Facilities

Southern Queensland Correctional Centre is a 300-bed high security prison in Millers Road (27.4701°S 152.3069°E / -27.4701; 152.3069 (detention centre)).^[7][4]