Deepwater, Queensland

Deepwater is a coastal locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Deepwater had a population of 287 people.

Geography
Broadwater Creek and Blackwater Creek flow through the locality merging just before entering the Coral Sea. The Broadwater Conservation Park lies between the creek and the ocean. The north of the locality is within the Deepwater National Park.

Deepwater has the following hills:

The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation with some crop growing.
 * Maude Hill in the west of the locality (-24.3808°N, 151.8845°W) 123 m
 * Toowong Hill near the coast (-24.3561°N, 151.9591°W) 45 m

History
The locality was officially named and bounded on 9 April 1999.

On 26 November 2018, the Queensland Government ordered the evacuation of Baffle Creek, Deepwater and Rules Beach due to a "dangerous and unpredictable" bushfire 50 km wide and covering 5000 ha with flames of 10 to 12 m high during an extreme heatwave.

Demographics
In the, Deepwater had a population of 206 people.

In the, Deepwater had a population of 287 people.

Education
There are no schools in Deepwater. The nearest government primary school is Wartburg State School in neighbouring Baffle Creek to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Rosedale State School (to Year 12) in Rosedale to the south.