Wivenhoe Pocket
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Wivenhoe Pocket
| city = Somerset Region
| state = qld
| image = Wivenhoe Pocket b.jpg
| caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|-27.4319|152.6177|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Wivenhoe Pocket (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 417
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4306
| area = 20.7
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 13.2
| dir1 = NE
| location1 = Lowood
| dist2 = 35.6
| dir2 = SE
| location2 = Esk
| dist3 = 31.5
| dir3 = NNW
| location3 = Ipswich
| dist4 = 68.1
| dir4 = W
| location4 = Brisbane
| lga = Somerset Region
| fedgov = Dickson
| stategov = Nanango
| near-n = Lake Wivenhoe
| near-ne = Split Yard Creek
| near-e = England Creek
| near-se = Fernvale
| near-s = Vernor
| near-sw = Lowood
| near-w = Patrick Estate
| near-nw = Lake Wivenhoe
}}
Wivenhoe Pocket is a rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|44936|Wivenhoe Pocket|locality in Somerset Region|access-date=30 November 2019}} In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Wivenhoe Pocket had a population of 417 people.
History
Wivenhoe Pocket was named after an early pastoral run managed by Edmund Blucher Uhr, who named it after the town of Wivenhoe in Essex, England.
In 1877, {{Convert|5500|acres||abbr=}} were resumed from the Wivenhoe pastoral run and offered for selection on 19 April 1877.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=19 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846|url-status=live}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Wivenhoe Pocket had a population of 498 people.{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31788 |name=Wivenhoe Pocket (State Suburb)|quick=on|access-date=8 August 2014}}
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Wivenhoe Pocket had a population of 440 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC33137|name=Wivenhoe Pocket (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Wivenhoe Pocket had a population of 417 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL33107|name=Wivenhoe Pocket (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Education
There are no schools in Wivenhoe Pocket. The nearest government primary school is Fernvale State School in neighbouring Fernvale to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school is Lowood State High School in neighbouring Lowood to the south-west.{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=15 November 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government |archive-date=19 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219175447/https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Wivenhoe Pocket, Queensland}}
{{Somerset Region}}
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