Moving to Springfield Lakes from Nerang (Mount Nathan area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Springfield Lakes and Nerang - Mount Nathan, side by side - all from public government data.
Springfield Lakes has 29,522 people (ABS, June 2025), +4.7% in a year, 7 schools and 11 childcare services. Full Springfield 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.
Springfield Central State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Springfield Lakes.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Springfield 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
Springfield Lakes's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,051, 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 Springfield Lakes 1,066 (3 schools), Nerang - Mount Nathan 1,055 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Springfield Lakes, compared to 5 in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Springfield Lakes vs 17 in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Springfield Lakes at 31.4% (vs 9.3% in Nerang - Mount Nathan).
Springfield 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 Springfield Lakes?
29,522 people lived in Springfield Lakes at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +4.7% over the year. Nerang (Mount Nathan area) had 22,560.
How many schools are in Springfield Lakes?
ACARA lists 7 schools in Springfield 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 → Springfield Lakes