Knapp Creek is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Knapp Creek had a population of 59 people.
Geography The locality is presumably named after Knapp Creek, a tributary of the Cannon River, which is in turn a tributary of the Logan River.
The locality has the following mountains: Knapps Peak (Miggun, Mount Hughes), in the south-west of the locality () Prouts Hill, in the south-east of the locality ()
History Knapps Creek Provisional School opened circa 1884. On 1 January 1909 it became Knapps Creek State School, but then closed in 1910. It was south of the confluence of Knapps Creek and Cannon Creek, near the present-day boundaries of the localities of Knapps Creek, Laravale and Tamrookum (approx ).
In 1979, Knapp Creek Environmental Park was gazetted under the Land Act of 1962.
Demographics In the , Knapp Creek had a population of 59 people. The locality contains 29 households, in which 41.8% of the population are males and 58.2% of the population are females with a median age of 49, 11 years above the national average. The average weekly household income is $1,875, $437 above the national average.
In the , Knapp Creek had a population of 59 people.
Education There are no schools in Knapp Creek. The nearest government primary schools are:
Tamrookum State School in neighbouring Tamrookum to the north-east Rathdowney State School in neighbouring Rathdowney to south-east Maroon State School in neighbouring Maroon to the south-west Boonah State School in Boonah to the north-west The nearest government secondary schools are Beaudesert State High School in Beaudesert to the north-east and Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north-west.
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