Healy, Queensland

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = Healy | city = Mount Isa | state = qld | image = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|-20.7482|139.5009|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Healy (centre of suburb)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 12 | pop = 1824 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4825 | area = 2.8 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 2.5  | dir1 = SSE | location1 = Mount Isa CBD | dist2 = 905 | dir2 = WSW | location2 = Townsville | dist3 = 1826 | dir3 = NW | location3 = Brisbane | dist4 = | dir4 = | location4 = | lga = City of Mount Isa | stategov = Traeger | fedgov = Kennedy | near-n = Townview | near-ne = Fisher | near-e = Fisher | near-se = Fisher | near-s = Spreadborough | near-sw = Mica Creek | near-w = Happy Valley | near-nw = Parkside<br/>Mornington }} '''Healy''' is a suburb of the town of Mount Isa in the City of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|42460|Healy|suburb in City of Mount Isa|access-date=20 July 2021}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Healy had a population of 1,824 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== Geography == The Leichhardt River flows north–south through the town of Mount Isa, dividing the suburbs of the town into "mineside" (west of the Leichhardt River) and "townside" (east of the Leichhardt River).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-01-02|title=Mount Isa|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/onenightstand/17/location/default.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219064015/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/events/onenightstand/17/location/|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=This Mining Life: Mount Isa, QLD|url=https://www.miningpeople.com.au/news/this-mining-life-mount-isa-qld|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219064156/https://www.miningpeople.com.au/news/this-mining-life-mount-isa-qld|archive-date=2020-12-19|access-date=2020-12-19|website=Mining People International|language=en}}</ref> Healy is a "townside" suburb.<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref>

== History == On 1 September 1973, the suburb was named after Edward Kevin Emmett Healy, Under Secretary in the Queensland Department of Mines.<ref name="qpnl" />

Healy State School opened on 24 January 1972.<ref>{{Citation|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|author1=Queensland Family History Society|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref>

== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Healy had a population of 1,878 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31322|name=Healy (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Healy had a population of 1,824 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31310|name=Healy (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

== Education == Healy State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 5-9 Thomson Road ({{coord|-20.7419|139.5002|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Healy State School}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018">{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|access-date=21 November 2018|publisher=Queensland Government|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Healy State School|url=https://www.healyss.eq.edu.au|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327093047/https://healyss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016 the school had an enrolment of 163 students (83 of whom identify as Indigenous) with 12 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent).<ref>{{Cite web|title=2016 Annual Report|url=https://healyss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/0232_Healy_SS_sar2016V2.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018191400/https://healyss.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Annual%20reports/0232_Healy_SS_sar2016V2.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2017|access-date=19 October 2017|website=Healy State School}}</ref> In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 152 students with 12 teachers (11 full-time equivalent) and 11 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent).<ref name="ACARA2018">{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|access-date=28 January 2020|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref>

There is no secondary school in Healy. The nearest government secondary school is Spinifex State College which has its junior campus in neighbouring Parkside to the north-west and its senior campus in Pioneer to the north-east.<ref name=":0">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref> The residential facility (boarding school) of Spinifex State College is at 83-85 Transmission Street in Healy ({{coord|-20.7371|139.5054|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Spinifex State College - Mount Isa - Student Residential}}).<ref name="SchoolList2018" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Spinifex State College Mount Isa Residential Campus|url=https://spinifexsc.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Policies%20and%20Procedures/residential-prospectus-2015.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=18 December 2021|website=Spinifex State College|archive-date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815073816/https://spinifexsc.eq.edu.au/Supportandresources/Formsanddocuments/Documents/Policies%20and%20Procedures/residential-prospectus-2015.pdf}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/mount-isa-suburbs|title=Mount Isa suburbs|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}