Type: | suburb |
Jones Hill | |
City: | Gympie |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -26.2305°N 152.6694°W |
Local Map: | yes |
Zoom: | 12 |
Pop: | 1135 |
Postcode: | 4570 |
Area: | 8.0 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 5.6 |
Dir1: | S |
Location1: | Gympie |
Dist2: | 168 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Gympie Region |
Stategov: | Gympie |
Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
Near-N: | Southside |
Near-Ne: | Monkland |
Near-E: | The Dawn |
Near-Se: | Long Flat |
Near-S: | Long Flat |
Near-Sw: | McIntosh Creek |
Near-W: | Pie Creek |
Near-Nw: | Pie Creek |
Jones Hill is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Jones Hill had a population of 1,135 people.
Jones Hill is 5.6km (03.5miles) south of Gympie's central business district on the south-western bank of the Mary River. Historically farm land, as at 2023, the land use is mostly residential with smaller suburban land parcels in the north-west of the locality and the rest of the locality being larger rural residential blocks. Some land is used for agriculture, a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated horticulture.
Jones Hill State School opened on 29 January 1902.[2]
At the, Jones Hill had a population of 550 people.
In the, Jones Hill had a population of 898 people.
In the, Jones Hill had a population of 1,135 people.
Jones Hill has the following heritage listings:
Jones Hill State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 21 McIntosh Creek Road (-26.2291°N 152.6676°W).[6] [7] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 399 students with 28 teachers (25 full-time equivalent) and 19 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).[8] It includes a special education program.
There are no secondary schools in Jones Hill. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north.