| Wooroonden Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Wooroonden State School building, 2011 | |||||||||||||||
  Wooroonden | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°06′47″S151°45′35″E / 26.1130°S 151.7597°E /-26.1130; 151.7597 (Wooroonden (centre of locality)) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 54 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 1.806/km2 (4.68/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4605 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 29.9 km2 (11.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | South Burnett Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nanango | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wide Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Wooroonden is a rurallocality in theSouth Burnett Region,Queensland, Australia.[2] In the2021 census, Wooroonden had a population of 54 people.[1]
Wooroon State School opened on 14 October 1918. In 1919, the spelling was changed to Woroon State School. In 1925, it was renamed Woroonden State School. It closed in 1963.[3][4] It was on the north-western corner of Webbers Bridge Road and Bradleys Road (26°07′09″S151°45′25″E / 26.11912°S 151.75704°E /-26.11912; 151.75704 (Woroonden State School (former))).[5][6][7] As at 2011, the school building was still extant and the site has been renamed Hughie Campbell Memorial Park.[8]
The district was originally known as Woroonden but on advice from theMurgon Shire Council on 24 January 2002, the locality name spelling was officially made Wooroonden.[2]
In the2016 census, Wooroonden had a population of 59 people, 36% female and 64% male.[9] The median age of the population was 40 years, 2 years above the national median of 38.[9]
In the2021 census, Wooroonden had a population of 54 people, 37% female and 63% male.[1] The median age of the population was 45 years, 7 years above the national median of 38.[1]
There are no schools in Wooroonden. The nearest government primary school isCloyna State School in neighbouringCloyna to the east. The nearest government secondary schools are Proston State School (to Year 10) inProston to the south-west and Murgon State High School (to Year 12) inMurgon to the south-east. There is also a Catholic primary school in Murgon.[10]
