Moving to Murrumba Downs (Griffin area) from Kallangur
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Murrumba Downs - Griffin and Kallangur, side by side - all from public government data.
Murrumba Downs (Griffin area) has 27,130 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.1% in a year, 4 schools and 12 childcare services. Full Murrumba Downs (Griffin area) 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.
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.
Undurba State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Murrumba Downs - Griffin.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Murrumba Downs - Griffin (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
Murrumba Downs - Griffin's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,009, compared to 958 in Kallangur. 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 Murrumba Downs - Griffin 1,080 (1 school), Kallangur 1,015 (1 school).
There are 4 schools in Murrumba Downs - Griffin, compared to 3 in Kallangur.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Murrumba Downs - Griffin vs 16 in Kallangur.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Murrumba Downs - Griffin at 17.6% (vs 9.3% in Kallangur).
Murrumba Downs - Griffin has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Kallangur's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Murrumba Downs (Griffin area)?
27,130 people lived in Murrumba Downs (Griffin area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.1% over the year. Kallangur had 23,466.
How many schools are in Murrumba Downs (Griffin area)?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Murrumba Downs (Griffin area), against 3 in Kallangur. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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