Moy Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.
Geography The locality is bounded to the north by Spiller Road. The Mary River forms the south-eastern boundary of the locality, then meanders through the centre of the locality, then becomes the north-eastern boundary of the locality.
Moy Pocket has the following mountains:
Bloolou in the west of the locality () rising to above sea level Mount Kenilworth on the south-western boundary with Brooloo () rising to
Moy Pocket Road is the main route through the locality, entering from the south (Gheerulla) and exiting to the north-west (Brooloo).
The land use is a mix of grazing on native vegetation and irrigated modified pastures with some rural residential housing.
History The locality appears to take its name from a farm operated by Peter Henry Sutton circa 1911 in the pocket of Mary River at the end of Suttons Lane in the south-east of the present locality ().
Demographics In the , Moy Pocket had a population of 115 people.
In the , Moy Pocket had a population of 120 people.
Education There are no schools in Moy Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-west and Kenilworth State Community College in neighbouring Kenilworth to the south-west.
The nearest government secondary schools are:
Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil to the north-west Gympie State High School (to Year 12) in Gympie to the north Noosa District State High School (to Year 12) which has its junior campus in Pomona and its senior campus on Cooroy, both to the north-east Maleny State High School (to Year 12) in Maleny to the south-east
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