Marcus Beach is a coastal

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

in the

Shire of Noosa The Shire of Noosa () is a Local government in Australia, local government area about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast district of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covers an area of . It existed as ...

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, Australia. In the , Marcus Beach had a population of 839 people.

Geography

The suburb takes its name from the beach Marcus Beach () which extends north in neighbouring Castaways Beach. The suburb is bounded to the east (in part) by the

Coral Sea The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down t ...

, to the south-east by Peregian Creek, to the west by

Lake Weyba Lake Weyba is a large shallow salt lake in the locality of Noosaville in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. History Lake Weyba's name comes from the local Aboriginal Australians (Gubbi Gubbi) language meaning stingray. Lake Weyba is ...

() and to the north-east (in part) by Castaways Creek. Most of the locality is within the protected area of

Noosa National Park Noosa National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 121 km north of Brisbane. It is situated near Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads between the Pacific Ocean and the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast's northern area ...

with the remaining land use being suburban residential land in the locality's south-east. Marcus Creek flows though the suburb immediately north of the residential area and enters the Coral Sea ().

History

Marcus Beach was named after the property developer, Marcus Burke, the grandson of T.M. Burke. Historically and currently, Marcus Beach is within the

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ...

, but, between 2008 and 2013, Marcus Beach (and the rest of the Shire of Noosa) was within

Sunshine Coast Region The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia, from which it takes its name. It was created by the amalgamation in 2008 of the City of Caloundra and the Shires o ...

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Demographics

In the , Marcus Beach had a population of 757 people. In the , Marcus Beach had a population of 839 people.

Education

There are no schools in Marcus Beach. The nearest government primary school is Sunshine Beach State School in

Sunshine Beach Sunshine Beach is a coastal town and suburb in the Shire of Noosa, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Sunshine Beach had a population of 2,480 people. History The area south of Noosa Headlands was formerly known as Golden Beach bu ...

to the north. The nearest government secondary schools are Sunshine Beach State High School in Sunshine Beach and

Coolum State High School Coolum State High School is a coeducational public secondary school based in Coolum Beach in the Sunshine Coast Region of Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Aust ...

Coolum Beach Coolum Beach is a beachside town and coastal suburb in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Coolum Beach had a population of 9,152 people. Geography Coolum Beach has the following mountains (from north to s ...

to the south.

Amenities

There are a number of parks in the suburb: * Cherrywood Park () * Chestnut Court Natural Amenity Reserve () * Hawthorn Park () * Mahogany Bushland Reserve () * Marcus Beach Foreshore Reserve () * Marcus Creek Bushland Reserve () * Peregian Creek Reserve () * Sandalwood Close Natural Amenity Reserve () * Tecoma Close Natural Amenity Reserve () * Tristania Drive Car Park ()

References

External links

* {{Noosa Shire Suburbs of Noosa Shire, Queensland Beaches of Queensland