Cedar Creek is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Cedar Creek had a population of 831 people.

Geography

The terrain in the west and south of the locality is mountainous, rising to unnamed peaks and ridges at above sea level as part of the Fahey Range and the House Mountain Range. The mountainous terrain is mostly undeveloped. Cedar Creek (the watercourse) rises in neighbouring

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to the west and flows through the locality of Cedar Creek, exiting to Closeburn to the east. The valley created by the creek is lower-lying flatter land ranging from above sea level as the creek descends from west to east. The valley floor is used for a mixture of rural residential housing and farming (predominantly

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on native vegetation with some perennial

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). Access into the locality of Cedar Creek is mostly via Cedar Creek Road from Closeburn with some parts of the north of the locality accessed via Herron Road also from Closeburn and a small area in the south-east of the locality accessed via Mayfield Road from neighbouring Samford Valley.

History

Cedar Creek was in

Pine Rivers Shire The Shire of Pine Rivers was a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay region of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1888 until 2008, when it a ...

until 2008, when the shire was amalgamated into the

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, now known as the City of Moreton Bay.

Demographics

In the , Cedar Creek had a population of 634 people. In the , Cedar Creek had a population of 745 people. In the , Cedar Creek had a population of 831 people.

Education

There are no schools in Cedar Creek. The nearest government primary school is Mount Samson State School in neighbouring Mount Samson to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is

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in Ferny Grove in the

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to the south-east.

Amenities

Andy Williams Park (also known as Cedar Creek Park) is off Cedar Creek Road (). It has shallow creek pools. Shopping and other services are available in Samford Village to the south-east. Despite the name, Cedar Creek Public Hall is now within neighbouring Closeburn (near the watercourse Cedar Creek).

References

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