Stony Creek, Queensland

Stony Creek (formerly Stoney Creek) is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. In the, Stony Creek had a population of 245 people.

Geography
The locality is 68 km north of Brisbane.

The locality is bounded to the south by the Stanley River and to the south-west by Mary Smokes Creek.

Mount Mclean is in the north-west of the locality (-26.8832°N, 152.7412°W) and rises to 464 m above sea level.

Stony Creek is a watercourse that rises in Bellthorpe to the north-west and flows roughly south through the locality of Stone Creek where it becomes a tributary of the Stanley River at -26.9447°N, 152.723°W on the boundary with Neurum to the south.

The D'Aguilar Highway enters the locality from the east (Woodford) and exits to the west (Royston).

Most of the residential land use is along the D'Aguilar Highway and Stony Creek Road. There are small areas of forestry and cropping, but the predominant land use in the locality is grazing on native vegetation.

History
Stony Creek Provisional School opened circa 1877. On 1 January 1909, it became Stony Creek State School. Due to low student numbers, it closed in 1914.

The Durundur Provisional School opened on 5 July 1897. In 1909 it became Durundur State School. It was renamed Kalangara State School in 1920. The school closed on 25 August 1963. The school was on Stony Creek Road (-26.92°N, 152.7217°W). There was a hall adjacent to the school (-26.9207°N, 152.722°W).

Demographics
In the, Stony Creek recorded a population of 319 people, 44.8% female and 55.2% male. The median age of the Stony Creek population was 45 years, 8 years above the national median of 37. 82.8% of people living in Stony Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.4%, England 3.1%, Vanuatu 1.2%, Scotland 0.9%, Italy 0.9%. 90.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.9% Pacific Austronesian Languages, nec, 0.9% French, 0.9%.

In the, Stony Creek had a population of 262 people.

In the, Stony Creek had a population of 245 people.

Education
There are no schools in Stony Creek. The nearest government primary schools are Woodford State School in neighbouring Woodford to the south-east and Mount Kilcoy State School in Mount Kilcoy to the north-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Woodford State School (to Year 10) and Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy to the south-west.

Notable people

 * Denver Beanland attended the Kalangara State School