Central Queensland

Central Queensland
Queensland
Central Queensland; Queensland
	The Regions of Queensland
	Central Queensland
Coordinates	23°26′S 144°53′E / 23.44°S 144.88°E
Population	233,931 (2011 census)
LGA(s)	Banana; Central Highlands; Gladstone; Isaac; Livingstone; Rockhampton; Woorabinda;
State electorate(s)	Rockhampton; Bundaberg; Gladstone; Burnett; Hervey Bay;
Federal division(s)	Capricornia

Central Queensland is an imprecisely-defined geographical division of Queensland (a state in Australia) that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. Its major regional centre is Rockhampton. The region extends from the Capricorn Coast west to the Central Highlands at Emerald, north to the Mackay Regional Council southern boundary, and south to Gladstone. The region is also known as Capricornia. It is one of Australia's main coal exporting regions.

At the 2011 Australian Census the region recorded a total population from the six local government areas of 233,931.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Census data". 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 3 August 2014.