Kingaroy

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Kingaroy

Total population

10,147

Coordinates-26.54°, 151.84°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Kingaroy is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated on the junction of the D'Aguilar and the Bunya Highways, 218 kilometres (135 mi) north-west of the state capital Brisbane and 141 kilometres (88 mi) south west of Gympie. In the 2021 census, the locality of Kingaroy had a population of 10,266 people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Colin Petersen

Australian actor and musician (1946–2024)

Warren Truss

Australian politician, 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

Matthew Hayden

Australian cricketer (born 1971)

Chris Sandow

Australian rugby league footballer

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Bill Feldman

Australian politician

B

Brad Tessmann

Australian rugby league footballer

D

David Jull

Australian politician

D

Don Livingstone

Australian politician (1948-2015)

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Evan Adermann

Australian politician (1927-2001)

Ian Macfarlane

Australian politician

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Kelvin Kerkow

Australian bowls player

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Trevor Perrett

Australian politician

Taliqua Clancy

Australian beach volleyball player

Holly Ferling

Australian cricketer

Lyle Shelton

Australian lobbyist

Brittany Lauga

Australian politician; Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Queensland

• Wooroolin
  9.2 mi away
• Cherbourg
  18.7 mi away · pop. 1,194
• Moffatdale
  19.5 mi away
• Alice Creek
  21.6 mi away
• Murgon
  21.7 mi away · pop. 1,966
• Wengenville
  22.2 mi away
• Silverleaf
  27 mi away
• Proston
  30 mi away · pop. 281
• Windera
  35.3 mi away
• Boondooma
  39.6 mi away
• Jandowae
  48 mi away · pop. 734
• Jimbour
  48.3 mi away · pop. 40

Browse all places in Queensland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Kingaroy

Flo goes to Canberra

Alan Moir · 1981

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Noisy Friarbird

Philemon corniculatus

Seen 2026-09-21

Rainbow Lorikeet

Trichoglossus moluccanus

Seen 2026-09-21

Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

Seen 2026-09-20

Rainbow Bee-eater

Merops ornatus

Seen 2026-09-20

Silvereye

Zosterops lateralis

Seen 2026-09-20

Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Caligavis chrysops

Seen 2026-09-19

Australian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

Seen 2026-09-19

Rough-fruited Pittosporum

Pittosporum revolutum

Seen 2026-09-10

Lace Monitor

Varanus varius

Seen 2026-09-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).