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| Locality | Kensington |
| State | Queensland (QLD) |
| Local Government Area | Bundaberg Regional |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -24.91157 |
| Longitude | 152.32252 |
| Population | 601 |
| Density | 38.4 /km² |
| Area | 15.7 km² |
| Elevation | 35 m |
| Postcode | 4670 |
| Area Code | 07 |
| Distance to Brisbane | 293 km north-northwest |
Kensington is a locality in the Bundaberg Regional local government area of Queensland, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 601. The locality covers an area of 15.7 km², giving a population density of about 38.4 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 35 m above sea level. It lies approximately 293 km north-northwest of Brisbane. Kensington is located at 24.9116°S, 152.3225°E. It observes Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 4670. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Kensington lies at the edge of a broad, fertile plain, where the earth, a rich, sun-baked ochre, rolls with a gentle, almost imperceptible swell towards the distant, hazy blue of the coastline. It lies 77.8 km north-north-west of Maryborough, QLD (from Maryborough, QLD: bearing 331°T), and is situated 7.9 km south-south-west of Bundaberg North. The air here carries a faint, dry scent of eucalyptus and something else, a subtle sweetness that hints at ripening fruit and the warm, dry dust of rural roads. Fences of weathered timber and barbed wire, softened by the relentless sun, trace the boundaries of paddocks, their colours muted to shades of faded straw and dusty olive. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, seems to pool in the hollows of the land, deepening the shadows beneath the scattered, hardy trees and casting a soft, golden glaze over the corrugated iron roofs of scattered farmhouses.
The history of Kensington is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of its primary industry: agriculture. For generations, this land has yielded its bounty, primarily in the form of sugar cane, its tall, emerald stalks a defining feature of the landscape during the growing season, their sweet scent a constant companion to the humid Queensland air. The local economy, intrinsically tied to the fortunes of the cane fields and the neighbouring citrus groves, moves with a dependable, if sometimes challenging, pace, dictated by the seasons of planting, growth, and harvest. The legacy of the early settlers, their determination to tame this generous but often unforgiving terrain, is still palpable in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture of the older buildings and the quiet resilience of the people who call Kensington home.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Kensington, Queensland. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Kensington, in the Bundaberg Regional local government area.
Detailed location data for Kensington includes the postcode (4670), telephone area code (07), and local government area (Bundaberg Regional), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Kensington is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |