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| Coordinates:27°16′00″S152°48′03″E / 27.2666°S 152.8008°E /-27.2666; 152.8008 (Kobble Creek (centre of locality)) | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 51.9 km2 (20.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 654 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 12.601/km2 (32.64/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4520 | ||||||||||||
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Kobble Creek is a rurallocality in theCity of Moreton Bay,Queensland, Australia.[3] In the2021 census, Kobble Creek had a population of 654 people.[2]
Kobble Creek is situated along Mount Samson Road to the south ofDayboro, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of theBrisbane central business district.[citation needed]
The south-eastern boundary of the locality is the Mount Samson Range (27°17′07″S152°48′45″E / 27.2853°S 152.8126°E /-27.2853; 152.8126 (Mount Samson Range)).[4] The range includes Mount Kobble (27°16′34″S152°49′33″E / 27.2761°S 152.8258°E /-27.2761; 152.8258 (Mount Kobble)) at a height of 384 metres (1,260 ft). The name Kobble is derived from theWaka language, Garumngar dialect, wordkabul meaningcarpet snake.[5]
The western part of the locality is mountainous and within theD'Aguilar National Park which extends further west into a number of other localities.[6]
The land use in the eastern part of the locality is a mixture ofrural residential housing,grazing on native vegetation and some crop growing.[6]
The locality is named after the creek Kobble Creek that forms part of the catchment area ofLake Samsonvale,[7] which supplies drinking water to north Brisbane and the Moreton Bay Region.[8]
Kobble Creek was, in years gone by, predominantly a dairy farming community with some banana and pineapple farming on surrounding hillsides. As a farming community, Kobble Creek supported a butter factory, primary school, and railway station, the latter two located near the site of the current Samsonvale Rural Fire Brigade. Following the forced resumption of much of the best farming land in the district to build theNorth Pine Dam and floodLake Samsonvale, today the district is predominantly a rural-dormitory zone with very limited farming undertaken.[citation needed]
Kobble Creek Provisional School opened circa 1881. On 1 January 1909, it became Kobble Creek State School. It is sometimes written as Cobble Creek State School. It closed in 1954.[9] It was at 14 Greensill Lane (27°15′05″S152°50′32″E / 27.25135°S 152.84234°E /-27.25135; 152.84234 (Kobble Creek State School (former))).[10][11]
In 1919, theDayboro railway line reached Kobble Creek with theKobble railway station opening on 3 November 1919; the line reached its terminus atDayboro railway station on 25 September 1920.[12]
Kobble Creek was officially named and bounded as a locality in June 2009,[3] but was formerly part of theSamsonvale district.
In the2011 census, the population of Kobble Creek was 499, 48.7% female and 51.3% male.[13] The median age of the Kobble Creek population was 39 years of age, two years above the Australian average. 77.8% of people living in Kobble Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.8%, New Zealand 3.4%, South Africa 0.8%, Canada 0.6%, Cyprus 0.6%. 92.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% German, and 0.6% American Languages.[13]
In the2016 census, Kobble Creek had a population of 632 people.[14]
In the2021 census, Kobble Creek had a population of 654 people.[2]
There are no schools in Kobble Creek. The nearest government primary schools areDayboro State School inDayboro to the north andMount Samson State School inMount Samson to the south-east. The nearest government secondary school isBray Park State High School inBray Park to the east.[15]
