Tungamull

Tungamull is a rural locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia.^[2] In the 2021 census, Tungamull had a population of 429 people.^[1]

Tungamull
Suburb
Daniel Hawke, Tungamull storekeeper, circa 1920
Tungamull
Coordinates: 23.3325°S 150.6969°E / -23.3325; 150.6969 (Tungamull (centre of locality))
Country	Australia
State	Queensland
LGA	Livingstone Shire
Location	18.6 km (11.6 mi) SW of Emu Park 24.5 km (15.2 mi) WSW of Yeppoon 26.7 km (16.6 mi) NE of Rockhampton CBD 665 km (413 mi) NNW of Brisbane
Government
• State electorate	Keppel
• Federal division	Capricornia
Area
• Total	55.2 km2 (21.3 sq mi)
Population
• Total	429 (2021 census)[1]
• Density	7.772/km2 (20.13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+10:00 (AEST)
Postcode	4702
Suburbs around Tungamull Mount Chalmers Cawarral Coowonga Mount Chalmers Tungamull Coowonga Nankin Nankin Joskeleigh

Geography

The north of the locality has rural residential properties with some other pockets of rural residential properties in the south-east of the locality. Most of the locality is used for grazing on native vegetation.^[3]

The Rockhampton–Emu Park Road runs through from south to north.^[4]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Tungamull had a population of 443 people.^[5]

In the 2021 census, Tungamull had a population of 429 people.^[1]

Education

There are no schools in Tungamull. The nearest government primary schools are Cawarral State School in neighbouring Cawarral to the north, Coowonga State School in neighbouring Coowonga to the north-east, and Keppel Sands State School in Keppel Sands to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Yeppoon State High School in Yeppoon to the north and North Rockhampton State High School in Frenchville, Rockhampton, to the west.^[6]