Type: | suburb |
Airville | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -19.6322°N 147.3452°W |
Pop: | 308 |
Postcode: | 4807 |
Area: | 43.9 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 11.8 |
Dir1: | SW |
Location1: | Ayr |
Dist2: | 90.1 |
Dir2: | SE |
Location2: | Townsville |
Dist3: | 1247 |
Dir3: | NNW |
Location3: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Shire of Burdekin |
Stategov: | Burdekin |
Fedgov: | Dawson |
Near-N: | Brandon |
Near-Ne: | Brandon |
Near-E: | McDesme |
Near-Se: | Home Hill |
Near-S: | Osborne |
Near-Sw: | Mount Kelly |
Near-W: | Mount Kelly |
Near-Nw: | Barratta |
Airville is a rural locality in the Shire of Burdekin, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Airville had a population of 308 people.
Airville is bounded on the south-east by the Burdekin River. It is flat low-lying land (about 10 metres above sea level) used predominantly for sugarcane plantations. There is a network of cane tramways to deliver the harvested sugar to the local sugar mills.
Maida Vale is a neighbourhood in the north-east of the locality (-19.6°N 147.35°W).[2]
Labatt Lagoon is a waterhole (-19.6166°N 147.3166°W).[3]
Airdale Provisional School opened in the south-west of the locality on 2 September 1890, becoming Airdale State School on 1 January 1909. In 1926, it was renamed Airville State School.
Maidavale State School opened in the north-east of the locality on 27 April 1910.
In the, Airville had a population of 338 people.
In the, Airville had a population of 308 people.
Airville State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Old Clare Road (-19.6551°N 147.3476°W).[4] [5] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 23 students who come from the local rural community with 3 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[6] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 9 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (3 full-time equivalent).[7]
Maidavale State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Maidavale Road (-19.6025°N 147.3599°W).[8] In 2016, the school had an enrolment of 10 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 5 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).[9] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 6 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).
There is no secondary school in Airville. The nearest secondary schools are Ayr State High School in Ayr to the north-east and Home Hill State High School in neighbouring Home Hill to the south-east.