Dimbulah, Queensland

Dimbulah
Queensland
Farming at Dumbula, circa 1958
Dimbulah is located in Queensland
Dimbulah
Dimbulah
Coordinates17°08′56″S 145°06′39″E / 17.1488°S 145.1108°E / -17.1488; 145.1108 (Dimbulah (town centre))
Population975 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density1.3855/km2 (3.5885/sq mi)
Established1876
Postcode(s)4872
Elevation407 m (1,335 ft)
Area703.7 km2 (271.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Mareeba
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)Kennedy
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
35 °C
95 °F
10.5 °C
51 °F
783.2 mm
30.8 in
Localities around Dimbulah:
Chillagoe Thornborough Thornborough
Chillagoe Dimbulah Mutchilba
Petford Irvinebank Irvinebank

Dimbulah is a rural town and locality in Far North Queensland, Australia, 114 kilometres (71 mi) from Cairns by road, on the Atherton Tableland.[2][3] It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). In the 2021 census, the locality of Dimbulah had a population of 975 people,[1] a decrease from the 1,050 people in the 2016 census.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Census2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Dimbulah – town (entry 9976)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Dimbulah – locality (entry 48608)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).