| Type: | suburb |
| East Deep Creek | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -26.2°N 152.7166°W |
| Pop: | 698 |
| Postcode: | 4570 |
| Area: | 18.6 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 6.9 |
| Dir1: | ESE |
| Location1: | Gympie |
| Dist2: | 176 |
| Dir2: | N |
| Location2: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Gympie Region |
| Stategov: | Gympie |
| Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
| Near-N: | Veteran |
| Near-Ne: | Greens Creek |
| Near-E: | Cedar Pocket |
| Near-Se: | Mothar Mountain |
| Near-S: | Mothar Mountain |
| Near-Sw: | Monkland |
| Near-W: | Monkland |
| Near-Nw: | Victory Heights |
East Deep Creek is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, East Deep Creek had a population of 698 people.
The corridor of the North Coast railway line forms the western boundary of the locality. Deep Creek forms the northern boundary of the locality; the creek becomes a tributary of the Mary River in Gympie.[2] [3]
The Bruce Highway enters the locality from the south (Mothar Mountain) and passes through the west of the locality loosely parallel with the railway line and exists to the north-west (Victory Heights).[4]
The main road passing through the locality is East Deep Creek Road which enters the locality from the west (Monkland) and winds across the locality in a generally easterly direction until it exits to the east (Cedar Pocket).
The land use is a mixture of grazing on native vegetation and rural residential housing. In the south-west of the locality is an industrial area and a former mine site which is currently being rehabiliated to create further industrial land through the Orbelo Rehabilitation Proejct.[5] [6] [7]
In the, East Deep Creek had a population of 645 people.
In the, East Deep Creek had a population of 698 people.
Nolans Meats is an abattoir at 171 East Deep Creek Road (-26.1961°N 152.7008°W).[8] [9]
There are no schools in East Deep Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Gympie East State School in neighbouring Greens Creek to the north-west, One Mile State School in Gympie to the west, and Monkland State School in neighbouring Monkland to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie.[10]
There are also non-government schools in Gympie and its surrounding suburbs.