| Type: | suburb |
| Lagoon Pocket | |
| State: | qld |
| Coordinates: | -26.2777°N 152.6833°W |
| Pop: | 170 |
| Postcode: | 4570 |
| Area: | 7.1 |
| Timezone: | AEST |
| Utc: | +10:00 |
| Dist1: | 12.6 |
| Dir1: | S |
| Location1: | Gympie |
| Dist2: | 168 |
| Dir2: | N |
| Location2: | Brisbane |
| Lga: | Gympie Region |
| Stategov: | Gympie |
| Fedgov: | Wide Bay |
| Near-N: | The Dawn |
| Near-Ne: | Kybong |
| Near-E: | Kybong |
| Near-Se: | Kybong |
| Near-S: | Gilldora |
| Near-Sw: | Calico Creek |
| Near-W: | Long Flat |
| Near-Nw: | The Dawn |
Lagoon Pocket is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, Lagoon Pocket had a population of 170 people.
Mary Valley Road (State Route 51) forms most of the western boundary. The Mary Valley Branch Railway passes through from north-west to south, forming part of the north-western boundary, with the former Lagoon Pocket railway station in the west of the locality .The Mary River forms almost the entire eastern boundary.[2] [3]
The land use is a mixture of rural residential housing, grazing on native vegetation, and crop-growing.[4]
Lagoon Pocket Provisional School opened on 25 September 1882 but closed in December 1899 to allow a new building to be constructed. It reopened on 6 June 1900 as Lagoon Pocket State School. It closed on 3 July 1970. It was at 57 Lagoon Pocket Road, now within the neighbouring locality of Long Flat.[5]
In the, Lagoon Pocket had a population of 123 people.
In the, Lagoon Pocket had a population of 170 people.
There are no schools in Lagoon Pocket. The nearest government primary schools are Jones Hill State School in Jones Hill to the north and Dagun State School in Dagun to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north.[6]