Kinkuna is a coastal locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Kinkuna had a population of 105 people.

Geography

The North Coast railway line runs along the western boundary of the locality entering the locality from the south-west (Goodwood / Woodgate), passing through Kinkuna railway station (25°03′10″S 152°23′45″E / 25.0529°S 152.3959°E / -25.0529; 152.3959 (Kinkuna railway station)) and Gotlow railway station (24°59′33″S 152°22′59″E / 24.9924°S 152.3831°E / -24.9924; 152.3831 (Gotlow railway station)), before exiting to the northwest (Alloway).

Gotlow is a neighbourhood in the north-west of the locality near the Gotlow railway station (25°00′00″S 152°23′00″E / 25.0000°S 152.3833°E / -25.0000; 152.3833 (Gotlow)).

History

Gotlow takes its name from the Gotlow railway station, which was named on 3 April 1913 by the Queensland Railways Department and is an Aboriginal word meaning koala.

The locality takes its name from the Kinkuna railway station which was named by the Queensland Railways Department on 9 April 1941. Kinkuna is an Aboriginal word meaning "laughing".

Demographics

In the 2016 census Kinkuna had a population of 111 people.

In the 2021 census, Kinkuna had a population of 105 people.