Lochington, Queensland
Lochington is a rural [Suburbs and Suburbs and localities (Australia)|localities (Australia)|locality] in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
In the, Lochington had a population of 128 people.
Geography
Lochington is bounded to the east and south-east by the Nogoa River. The locality is within the Fitzroy River drainage basin.The Capricorn Highway passes through the northernmost part of the locality from Anakie Siding to Willows.
The Snake Range National Park lies within the locality to the east. It is.
The predominant land use is grazing on native vegetation.
Climate
Lochington has a subtropical semi-arid climate with very hot, somewhat wetter summers and mild, dry winters. The wettest recorded day was 2 June 2012 with of rainfall. Extreme temperatures ranged from on 4 January 2014 to on 12 July 2014.History
Lochington pastoral station obtained a mail service on 1 January 1937.Lockington Provisional School opened 23 January 1961 on land that was once part of Lockington pastoral station, and became Lockington State School at a new site in January 1965. The school closed 14 December 1979 due to low student numbers, but reopened in January 1991, as Lochington State School.
On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government re-drew the boundaries of localities within the Central Highlands Region by replacing the locality of The Gemfields with three new localities of Rubyvale, Sapphire Central and Anakie Siding. This included adjusting the boundaries of other existing localities in the Region to accommodate these changes; Lochington lost a small portion of land to the north to the new Anakie Siding, lost a strip of land from its north-eastern edge mostly to Gindie but gained a small piece of land from Minerva, with the overall effect of reducing the area of the locality from. As a consequence of these changes, the boundary between Lochington and Minerva/Gindie more closely follows the course of the Nogoa River.
Demographics
In the, Lochington's population was deemed to be too low to be reported separately and was combined with neighbouring Willows which had a reported population of 308 people.At the, Lochington had a population of 57 people.
In the, Lochington had a population of 128 people.
Education
Lochington State School is a government co-educational primary school at the Lochington pastoral homestead at 101 Lochington Access Road. In 2013, the school had 3 students and 1 teacher. In 2016, enrolment was 10, in 2017, eight, and in 2018, seven. In 2021, enrolment was six, including three students in their Prep year.There are no secondary schools in Lochington. The nearest government secondary school is Springsure State School in Springsure to the east. However, for students in most of Lochington, the distance to Springsure would be too great for a daily commute. Aso, there are no nearby schools offering education to Year 12. The alternatives are distance education and boarding school.