Gatton, Queensland
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A Landsat montage of Gatton township | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Gatton | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 27°33′40″S 152°16′32″E / 27.5611°S 152.2755°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1855 | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 42.8 km2 (16.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 94 m (308 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 7,851 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 183.43/km2 (475.1/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4343 | ||||||||||||
| County | Churchill | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Gatton | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 26.8 °C (80.2 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 13.0 °C (55.4 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 768.6 mm (30.26 in) | ||||||||||||
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Gatton is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Region, situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland. In the 2021 census, the locality of Gatton had a population of 7,851 people.