| Type: | suburb |
| Moores Pocket | |
| City: | Ipswich |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -27.5988°N 152.7825°W |
| Pop: | 772 |
| Postcode: | 4305 |
| Area: | 0.9 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 4.7 |
| Dir1: | NE |
| Location1: | Ipswich CBD |
| Dist2: | 41.3 |
| Dir2: | SW |
| Location2: | Brisbane CBD |
| Lga: | City of Ipswich |
| Stategov: | Ipswich West |
| Fedgov: | Blair |
| Near-Ne: | North Booval |
| Near-E: | North Booval |
| Near-Se: | North Booval |
| Near-S: | North Booval |
| Near-Sw: | East Ipswich |
| Near-W: | Basin Pocket |
| Near-Nw: | Tivoli |
Moores Pocket is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Moores Pocket had a population of 772 people.
As the name suggests, Moores Pocket is bounded by the winding Bremer River on all sides except the north-west where it is separated from the suburb of Tivoli by Boundary Road.
The origin of the suburb name is from Thomas Moore, an early blacksmith in the area.
The suburb was greatly damaged in the 1893 Brisbane River flood.[2]
The suburb was flooded in the 2011 Queensland floods.[3]
In the, the locality of Moores Pocket had a population of 736 people.
In the, the locality of Moores Pocket had a population of 772 people.