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Stockyard, Queensland (Livingstone Shire)

Stockyard is a coastal locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. The town of Stockyard Point is located within the locality (). In the , Stockyard had a population of 16 people.

Geography

Water Park Creek forms the southern and south-western boundaries, while the Coral Sea forms the eastern. Sandy Creek, a tributary of Water Park Creek, rises in the west of the locality and forms part of the western boundary.

The locality has a number of coastal features (from north to south along the coast):

  • Five Rocks Beach (), extending north into neighbouring Shoalwater
  • Stockyard Point ()
  • Nine Mile Beach (), between Stockyard Point and Water Park Point
  • Water Park Point ()
  • Greenslopes Inlet ()
  • Greenslopes Point ()
  • Little Corio Bay ()

The town of Stockyard point is located approximately north-west of the headland Stockyard Point. It is surrounded by the Byfield Conservation Park.

Stockyard has the following mountains (from north to south):

  • The Peaks ()
  • Mount Atherton ()

Byfield National Park occupies almost all of the locality. There is no other land use apart from the town and the protected areas.

Demographics

In the , Stockyard had a population of 16 people.

In the , Stockyard had a population of 16 people.

Many of the houses in Stockyard Point are used as holiday homes. As the Australian census collects data based on usual place of residence, the reported population of the locality will not include those people staying in the holiday homes on a short-term basis.

Education

There are no schools in Stockyard. The nearest government primary school is Byfield State School in neighbouring Byfield to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Yeppoon State High School in Yeppoon to the south. There are also non-government schools in Yeppoon and its suburbs.

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