| Type: | suburb |
| Jarra Creek | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -17.9305°N 145.8775°W |
| Pop: | 105 |
| Postcode: | 4854 |
| Area: | 63.2 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 5.2 |
| Dir1: | WSW |
| Location1: | Tully |
| Dist2: | 58.6 |
| Dir2: | SSW |
| Location2: | Innisfail |
| Dist3: | 146 |
| Dir3: | S |
| Location3: | Cairns |
| Dist4: | 210 |
| Dir4: | NW |
| Location4: | Townsville |
| Dist5: | 1679 |
| Dir5: | NNW |
| Location5: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Cassowary Coast Region |
| Stategov: | Hinchinbrook |
| Fedgov: | Kennedy |
| Near-N: | Walter Hill |
| Near-Ne: | Tully |
| Near-E: | Silky Oak |
| Near-Se: | Euramo |
| Near-S: | Euramo |
| Near-Sw: | Munro Plains |
| Near-W: | Dingo Pocket |
| Near-Nw: | Walter Hill |
Jarra Creek is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Jarra Creek had a population of 105 people.
The locality is bounded to the south by the Tully River. The creek Jara Creek rises in neighbouring Walter Hill to the north-west and flows into the locality of Jarra Creek on its north-western boundary, becoming a tributary of the Tully River in the south-west boundary of the locality.[2]
The land use is predominantly crop growing, mostly sugarcane with some banana plantations. There is also some grazing on native vegetation.[3]
Tully Gorge Road enters the locality from north-east (Tully). It forms part of the locality's northern boundary before turning west and exiting the locality to north-west (Dingo Pocket / Walter Hill). There is also a cane tramway network in the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the Tully sugar mill in Tully.[4]
The locality was officially named and bounded in 2000.
In the, Jarra Creek had a population of 134 people.
In the, Jarra Creek had a population of 105 people.
There are no schools in Jarra Creek. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Tully State School and Tully State High School, both in neighbouring Tully to the north-east.[5]