Moving to Narangba from Nambour
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Narangba and Nambour, side by side - all from public government data.
Narangba has 23,657 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.4% in a year, 4 schools and 9 childcare services. Full Narangba 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.
Burnside State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Nambour.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Nambour (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.
Jinibara State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Narangba.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Narangba (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Narangba and Nambour have a similar average ICSEA (998 and 993) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Narangba none in this SA2, Nambour 1,068 (4 schools).
There are 4 schools in Narangba, compared to 9 in Nambour.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Narangba vs 16 in Nambour.
Narangba has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Nambour's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Narangba?
23,657 people lived in Narangba at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.4% over the year. Nambour had 24,674.
How many schools are in Narangba?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Narangba, against 9 in Nambour. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Nambour → Narangba