Moving to North Lakes from Nerang (Mount Nathan area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for North Lakes and Nerang - Mount Nathan, side by side - all from public government data.
North Lakes has 24,527 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.6% in a year, 4 schools and 13 childcare services. Full North Lakes 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.
William Duncan State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
The government catchment school for parts of Nerang - Mount Nathan is William Duncan State School - just outside the suburb boundary (QLD catchment data).
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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
North Lakes's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,015, compared to 992 in Nerang - Mount Nathan. 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 North Lakes 1,034 (2 schools), Nerang - Mount Nathan 1,055 (2 schools).
There are 4 schools in North Lakes, compared to 5 in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in North Lakes vs 17 in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in North Lakes at 18.5% (vs 9.3% in Nerang - Mount Nathan).
North Lakes has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Nerang - Mount Nathan's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of North Lakes?
24,527 people lived in North Lakes at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.6% over the year. Nerang (Mount Nathan area) had 22,560.
How many schools are in North Lakes?
ACARA lists 4 schools in North Lakes, against 5 in Nerang (Mount Nathan area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Nerang - Mount Nathan → North Lakes