About Upper Caboolture, QLD

Upper Caboolture is a rural locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Upper Caboolture had a population of 4214 people. Formerly a rural area on the fringe of the town of Caboolture, since the 1990s the suburb has become increasingly urbanised.In April 2023, the Queensland Government decided to reflect the growing population of the region by creating five new localities named Corymbia, Greenstone, Lilywood, Wagtail Grove, and Waraba by excising parts of the existing localities of Bellmere, Rocksberg, Upper Caboolture, and Wamuran. Prior to land redistribution, parts of Lilywood and Wagtail Grove were part of Upper Caboolture. == Geography == Part of the northern boundary of the suburb is marked by the Caboolture River. The proposed Bruce Highway Western Alternative will pass through Upper Caboolture from south to north. == History == Camp Flat Provisional School opened on 28 January 1878 with 22 girls and 29 boys enrolled. The school was on Caboolture River Road, approx 27.1253°S 152.8858°E / -27.1253; 152.8858 (Upper Caboolture State School)). On 19 January 1880 it became Camp Flat State School. It was renamed Caboolture Upper State School in 1916 and closed in 1918.Formerly a rural area on the fringe of the town of Caboolture, since the 1990s the suburb has become increasingly urbanised.In the 2011 census, Upper Caboolture recorded a population of 3,752 people, 51.7% female and 48.3% male.