| Type: | town |
| Moore Park Beach | |
| City: | Moore Park |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -24.7163°N 152.275°W |
| Pop: | 2890 |
| Pop2: | 2650 |
| Pop2 Year: | town |
| Postcode: | 4670 |
| Area: | 59.0 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 23.4 |
| Dir1: | N |
| Location1: | Bundaberg Central |
| Dist2: | 383 |
| Dir2: | N |
| Location2: | Brisbane |
| Maxtemp: | 26 |
| Mintemp: | 20 |
| Rainfall: | 1140 |
| Lga: | Bundaberg Region |
| Stategov: | Burnett |
| Fedgov: | Flynn |
| Near-N: | Coral Sea |
| Near-Ne: | Coral Sea |
| Near-E: | Coral Sea |
| Near-Se: | Fairymead |
| Near-S: | Welcome Creek |
| Near-Sw: | Moorland |
| Near-W: | Avondale |
| Near-Nw: | Miara |
Moore Park Beach is a coastal rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] The coastal town of Moore Park is within the locality.[2]
In the, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,890 people.
Moore Park Beach is on the Coral Sea, 23.4km (14.5miles) by road north of the city of Bundaberg. It is bordered to the north and north-west by the Kolan River, to the south by the suburbs of Moorland and Welcome Creek, and on the east by Fairymead.
Fairydale is a neighbourhood within the south-east of the locality (-24.7486°N 152.301°W).[3]
Moore Park Beach is a sandy beach (-24.6969°N 152.2517°W) which extends the entire length of the locality's coastline and beyond to Fairymead.[4]
The most northern part of the locality is protected within the Mouth of Kolan River Conservation Park . It is .
The residential land is in two areas, the coastal strip with predominantly suburban-sized house lots and an area in the west of the locality accessed via Malvern Drive featuring larger rural residential land parcels.
The far south-east of the locality is undeveloped marshland. The remainder of the locality is used for farming, predominantly growing sugarcane.
On 3 January 1961, the town and locality were named by Queensland Place Names Board after grazier Isaac Moore of Barambah station in the South Burnett.
Moore Park State School opened on 1 January 2004. It was later renamed Moore Park Beach State School.[5]
In the, the town of Moore Park had a population of 1,279 people.
In the, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 1,599. 26 individuals (1.8%) reported aboriginal descent in the 2006 census. 15% of respondents were over 65 years of age. The commonest languages spoken at home were English (96%), German, Maltese, Dutch and Italian. 59.1% of residents reported Christianity as their religion, with Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 18.9%, Uniting Church 8.2%, Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%, and Lutheran 2.7%.
In the, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,650 people, of whom 2,122 lived within the town of Moore Park.
In the, the locality of Moore Park Beach had a population of 2,890 people.
Moore Park Beach State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 14 Murdochs Linking Road (-24.7096°N 152.2552°W).[6] [7] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 193 students with 15 teachers (12 full-time equivalent) and 14 non-teaching staff (8 full-time equivalent).[8]
There is no secondary school in Moore Park Beach. The nearest government secondary school is Bundaberg North State High School in North Bundaberg to the south.
There are a number of parks in the area:
Four-wheel driving is permitted in two sections of the beach, north of Sylvan Drive via Royal Palms Park and south of Lassig Street, with access at those two locations.[10]
Moore Park Surf Lifesaving Club is at Surf Club Drive . The volunteers patrol the beach to support safe swimming.[11]
The beach is also a nesting site for sea turtles including loggerhead sea turtles in summer months.[12]
Moore Park is served by a limited bus service operated by Stewart & Sons.[13]
