Eli Waters, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Eli Waters
| city =
| state = qld
| image =
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-25.2761|152.8038|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Eli Waters (centre of suburb)}}
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 12
| pop = 3758
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4655
| area = 7.4
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 3.2
| dir1 = W
| location1 = Piabla
| dist2 = 33.6
| dir2 = NW
| location2 = Maryborough
| dist3 = 292
| dir3 = N
| location3 = Brisbane
| dist4 =
| dir4 =
| location4 =
| lga = Fraser Coast Region
| stategov = Hervey Bay
| fedgov = Hinkler
| near-n = Point Vernon
| near-ne = Point Vernon
| near-e = Pialba
| near-se = Urraween
| near-s = Urraween
| near-sw = Dundowran
| near-w = Dundowran Beach
| near-nw = Hervey Bay
}}
Eli Waters is a coastal suburb of Hervey Bay in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.{{Cite QPN|46696|Eli Waters|suburb in the Fraser Coast Region|access-date=30 May 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Eli Waters had a population of 3,758 people.
Geography
The suburb is bounded to the north by the bay. The land in the northern part of the suburb is undeveloped wetlands with the suburban development in the south of the locality. Some of the west of the locality is used for grazing.
Eli Creek (from which the suburb presumably takes its name) flows through the locality from Uraween to the south through to the bay in the north of the locality. A number of artificial lakes have been constructed within the suburban area.
History
Xavier Catholic College opened on 29 January 2003 with 90 Year 8 students.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}} The school was named in honour of St Francis Xavier.{{Cite web|url=http://www.xavier.qld.edu.au/Xavier-Identity/Pages/Our-Story.aspx|title=Our story|website=Xavier Catholic College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804210022/http://www.xavier.qld.edu.au/Xavier-Identity/Pages/Our-Story.aspx|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=5 August 2019}} In In 2007, it expanded to offer primary schooling with an initial intake of students into Prep to Year 3.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/schools-curriculum/school-reporting/Annual%20Reports/2016/Xavier%20Catholic%20College%20(Hervey%20Bay)%202016.pdf|title=Xavier Catholic College|date=2016|website=Catholic Education|publisher=Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804210346/http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/schools-curriculum/school-reporting/Annual%20Reports/2016/Xavier%20Catholic%20College%20(Hervey%20Bay)%202016.pdf|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=5 August 2019}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Eli Waters had a population of 3,310 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30969|name=Eli Waters (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Eli Waters had a population of 3,758 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30960|name=Eli Waters (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
Xavier Catholic College is a Catholic primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 1 Wide Bay Drive ({{coord|-25.2863|152.8050|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Xavier Catholic College}}).{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|date=9 July 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.xavier.qld.edu.au|title=Xavier Catholic College|access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,065 students with 82 teachers (75 full-time equivalent) and 49 non-teaching staff (33 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}}
The nearest government primary school is Yaralee State School in neighbouring Uraween to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Hervey Bay State High School in neighbouring Pialba to the east.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=4 August 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title=Hervey Bay suburbs|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/hervey-bay-suburbs|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
{{Fraser Coast Region}}