Pilton Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Looking north-east from Pilton State School across farmland, Pilton, 2015.jpg | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°52′06″S 152°02′51″E / 27.8683°S 152.0475°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 71 ( SAL 2021) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4361 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 41.9 km2 (16.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST ( UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Toowoomba Region | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Condamine | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Maranoa | ||||||||||||||
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Pilton is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] It is south of the city of Toowoomba. In the 2021 census, the locality of Pilton had a population of 71 people. [4]
The terrain in the north and south of the locality is more mountainous and is predominantly used for grazing on native vegetation. The terrain from the south-east to the north-west is within a valley through which Kings Creek flows from Upper Pilton through to Manapouri/ Ascot and is ultimately a tributary of the Condamine River, part of the Murray-Darling basin. The valley is used for cropping. [5]
The Gatton–Clifton Road ( State Route 80) also passes through the locality from the south-west ( Headington Hill) to the north-west ( Hirstglen). [5]
Pilton is named after a pastoral run which was excised from Clifton pastoral station in the 1840s. The run was leased by Philip Pinnock, John Gammie, Joseph King and Joshua J. Whitting [from 1851-9]. It might have been named after Pilton, Somerset, England, an Old English name with Pil meaning creek and ton meaning an enclosed homestead. [2]
Pilton Post Office opened on 27 March 1878 (though a receiving office for some years) and closed in 1977. [6]
Pilton Provisional School opened in February 1884. [7] It closed in 1908. [8]
Pilton State School opened on 3 November 1913. [9] [8]
In the 2006 census, the locality recorded a population of 209, living in 74 inhabited dwellings. [10] The median age of the population was 41 years, and the median weekly household income was $866. [10]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Pilton had a population of 88 people. [11]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Pilton had a population of 71 people. [4]
Pilton State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 24 Pilton Valley Road ( 27°52′04″S 152°02′59″E / 27.8679°S 152.0497°E). [12] [13] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 29 students with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent). [14] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 18 students with 2 teachers and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). [15]
There is no secondary school in Pilton; the nearest government secondary school is Clifton State High School in Clifton to the south-west. [5]
The Darling Downs Zoo is in the south-west corner of the locality. [16]