Lockrose Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Green Pastures Lutheran Church, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°29′37″S 152°27′38″E / 27.4937°S 152.4606°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 564 ( 2021 census) [1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 35.92/km2 (93.0/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4342 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 15.7 km2 (6.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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State electorate(s) | Lockyer | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||||
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Lockrose is a rural locality split between the Lockyer Valley Region and Somerset Region of Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] In the 2021 census, Lockrose had a population of 564 people. [1]
Lockrose is in South East Queensland. The northern boundary of Lockrose is marked by Lockyer Creek and the southern boundary by Brightview Road. [4]
Although not officially gazetted as a town, there is an established urban area in the centre of the locality where the school, church and other amenities are located and surrounded by housing. There is a second pocket of rural residential development in the south of the locality. [4]
Areas along the creek have been intensely farmed with irrigated crops with other rural land used for grazing on native vegetation. [4]
Lockrose Provisional School opened 20 March 1905. It became Lockrose State School on 1 January 1909. [5] [6]
Green Pastures Lutheran Church opened in November 1909 under the leadership of Pastor Millat. There were approximately 350 people in attendance including the children at the school who were given a holiday so they could attend. It was described as the largest festival to have taken place in Lockrose. The wooden church was 30 by 20 feet (9.1 m × 6.1 m) and cost £136 (including fencing) and was free of debt at its opening. [7] [8]
Lockrose Post Office opened by 1913 (a receiving office had been open from 1906) and closed in 1972. [9]
In the 2011 census, Lockrose had a population of 553 people. [10]
In the 2016 census, Lockrose had a population of 562 people. [11]
In the 2021 census, Lockrose had a population of 564 people. [1]
Lockrose State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 17 Zabel Road ( 27°29′37″S 152°27′36″E / 27.4936°S 152.4601°E). [12] [13] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 64 students with 5 teachers and 9 non-teaching staff (5 full-time equivalent). [14]
There are no secondary schools in Lockrose. The nearest government secondary school is Lowood State High School in Lowood to the north-east. [4]
Services are held at the Green Pastures Lutheran Church in Zabel Road each Sunday. [15] There is a cemetery behind the church. [16]