Jones Hill, Queensland

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Jones Hill

| city = Gympie

| state = qld

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| coordinates = {{coord|-26.2305|152.6694|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Jones Hill (centre of locality)}}

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| zoom = 12

| pop = 1135

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

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| established =

| postcode = 4570

| area = 8.0

| timezone = AEST

| utc = +10:00

| dist1 = 5.6

| dir1 = S

| location1 = Gympie

| dist2 = 168

| dir2 = N

| location2 = Brisbane

| dist3 =

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| lga = Gympie Region

| stategov = Gympie

| fedgov = Wide Bay

| near-n = Southside

| near-ne = Monkland

| near-e = The Dawn

| near-se = Long Flat

| near-s = Long Flat

| near-sw = McIntosh Creek

| near-w = Pie Creek

| near-nw = Pie Creek

}}

Jones Hill is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|46343|Jones Hill|locality in Gympie Region|access-date=16 November 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Jones Hill had a population of 1,135 people.

Geography

Jones Hill is {{convert|5.6|km|mi}} south of Gympie's central business district on the south-western bank of the Mary River.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gympie,+Queensland+4570/Jones+Hill,+Queensland+4570/@-26.2065288,152.6279489,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b94a35dbc294c69:0x400eef17f20f5b0!2m2!1d152.6657456!2d-26.1833529!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b94bcb82fb45acd:0x500eef17f2110e0!2m2!1d152.6699823!2d-26.2298704!3e0?entry=tts|title=Jones Hill to Gympie|access-date=10 August 2023}} Historically farm land, as at 2023, the land use is mostly residential with smaller suburban land parcels in the north-west of the locality and the rest of the locality being larger rural residential blocks. Some land is used for agriculture, a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated horticulture.

History

Jones Hill State School opened on 29 January 1902.{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}

Demographics

At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Jones Hill had a population of 550 people.{{Census 2006 AUS | id = 3101213| name = Jones Hill (Cooloola Shire) (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-03-19|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Jones Hill had a population of 898 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31467|name=Jones Hill (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Jones Hill had a population of 1,135 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31452|name=Jones Hill (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Heritage listings

Jones Hill has the following heritage listings:

Waterworks Road: Jones Hill Reservoir{{Cite web|title=Jones Hill Reservoir|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.33.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010729/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.33.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
Waterworks Road: Waterworks Pump House{{Cite web|title=Waterworks Pump House|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.97.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010730/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.97.pdf|archive-date=17 January 2021|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Local Heritage Register|publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}
17 McIntosh Creek Road: Jones Hill School{{Cite web |title=Jones Hill School |url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.99.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010730/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/documents/40005057/40160685/PDCK001.99.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2021 |access-date=17 January 2021 |website=Local Heritage Register |publisher=Gympie Regional Council}}

Education

Jones Hill State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 21 McIntosh Creek Road ({{coord|-26.2291|152.6676|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Jones Hill State School}}).{{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|publisher=Queensland Government|date=9 July 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|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}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jonehillss.eq.edu.au|title=Jones Hill State School|access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 399 students with 28 teachers (25 full-time equivalent) and 19 non-teaching staff (12 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}} It includes a special education program.

There are no secondary schools in Jones Hill. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=10 August 2023}}