Granite Vale Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 19°34′50″S 146°38′24″E / 19.5805°S 146.6399°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 4815 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 60–610 m (197–2,001 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 458.7 km2 (177.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | City of Townsville | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Kennedy | ||||||||||||||
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Granite Vale is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".[1]
The locality is bounded by the ridge of the Hervey Range (19°36′S 146°33′E / 19.6°S 146.55°E) to the west.[3] The land falls steeply from the western ridge from 610 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level towards the east down to 70 metres (230 ft) above sea level.[4] There are a number of named peaks in the locality (from north to south):
There is a small section of the Pinnacles National Park in the north-west of the locality but most of the national park is in the neighbouring locality of Hervey Range. There is a small section of the Mingela State Forest in the south-east of the locality but the forest is predominantly in neighbouring Calcium.[4]
Settlement Pocket is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality (19°35′00″S 146°39′00″E / 19.5833°S 146.65°E) near Settlement Creek.[9]
Peach Hollow is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality (19°39′00″S 146°38′00″E / 19.65°S 146.6333°E) near the Reid River.[10]
The Springs is a natural spring (19°32′00″S 146°42′00″E / 19.5333°S 146.7°E).[11]
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.[4][12]
The locality was named and bounded on 27 July 1991.[2]
In the 2016 census, Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".[13]
In the 2021 census, Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".[1]
There are no schools in Granite Vale. The nearest primary school is The Willows State School in Kirwan to the north-east. The nearest secondary school is Thuringowa State High School in Condon to the north-east.[4]