Moving to Kallangur from North Lakes
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kallangur and North Lakes, side by side - all from public government data.
Kallangur has 23,466 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.6% in a year, 3 schools and 16 childcare services. Full Kallangur suburb profile.
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Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) . How we source this data →
Which school is zoned?
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
North Lakes State College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in North Lakes.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of North Lakes (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Dakabin State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kallangur.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kallangur (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Honest tradeoff
Kallangur's government schools have an average ICSEA of 958, compared to 1,015 in North Lakes. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Kallangur 1,015 (1 school), North Lakes 1,034 (2 schools).
There are 3 schools in Kallangur, compared to 4 in North Lakes.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Kallangur vs 13 in North Lakes.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Kallangur at 9.3% (vs 18.5% in North Lakes).
Kallangur has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below North Lakes's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Kallangur?
23,466 people lived in Kallangur at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.6% over the year. North Lakes had 24,527.
How many schools are in Kallangur?
ACARA lists 3 schools in Kallangur, against 4 in North Lakes. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: North Lakes → Kallangur