Wattle Ridge is a rural
locality in the
Toowoomba Region
The Toowoomba Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area (LGA) on the border of Darling Downs and South East Queensland regions of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, the LGA was preceded by several other local go ...
,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia.
In the , Wattle Ridge had a population of 21 people.
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Geography
The Gore Highway enters the locality from the north ( Condamine Farms / Cypress Gardens) and exits to the west ( Bulli Creek).grazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to feed conversion ratio, convert the otherwise indigestible (by human diges ...
on native vegetation.
Demographics
In the , Wattle Ridge had a population of 36 people. It included the population of neighbouring Woondul.
Education
There are no schools in Wattle Ridge. The nearest government primary schools are Millmerran State School in Millmerran to the north-east and Kindon State School in Kindon to the south-west. The nearest government secondary school is Millmerran State School (to Year 10). There is also a Catholic primary school in Millmerran.There are no schools nearby providing education to Year 12; the alternatives are distance education
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
and boarding school.
References
{{Toowoomba Region
Toowoomba Region
Localities in Queensland