Esmeralda is a rural locality in the Shire of Croydon, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Esmeralda had "no people or a very low population".
Geography.
The Richmond–Croydon Road runs through from south to north.
The land use is grazing on native vegetation.
History.
The locality takes its name from a local hill named on 30 September 1873 by explorer George Elphinstone Dalrymple.
Demographics.
In the 2016 census, Esmeralda had a population of 21 people.
In the 2021 census, Esmeralda had "no people or a very low population".
Education.
There are no schools in Esmeralda nor nearby. The options are distance education and boarding school.
Economy.
There are a number of homesteads in the locality:
References.
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