Place:Kooralbyn, Queensland, Australia

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NameKooralbyn
TypeTown
Located inQueensland, Australia


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Kooralbyn is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Kooralbyn had a population of 1,725 people.[1]

History

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Kooralbyn is a Yugambeh word meaning the place of the copperhead snake.[2]

First European settlement in the area can be traced back to the 1830s when southern timber millers sought the quality hardwoods of the lower valleys. It was not until Australia's first major land booms in the 1840s that free settler pastoralists migrated to the region. Kooralbyn subsequently became one of the region's most significant pastoral estates, the land used largely for cattle grazing.

Kooralbyn International School opened on 30 January 1985.

Kooralbyn has a population of 1725 at the . The locality contained 820 households, in which 49.9% of the population were male and 50.1% of the population were female with a median age of 46, 8 years above the national average. The average weekly household income was $844, $594 below the national average. 5.2% of Kooralbyn's population were either of Aborigional or Torres Strait Islander descent. 60.1% of the population aged 15 or over were either registered or de facto married, while 39.9% of the population were not married. 27.7% of the population were attending some form of a compulsory education. The most common nominated ancestries were English (32.5%), Australian (28.2%) and Irish (9.0%), while the most common country of birth was Australia (71.7%), and the most commonly spoken language at home was English (89.4%). The most common nominated religions were No religion (32.2%), Anglican (22.8%) and Catholic (16.2%). The most common occupation was a technician/trades worker (18.1%) and the majority/plurality of residents worked 40 or more hours per week (43.0%).[1]

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