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Bardon

Queensland · Brisbane Inner - West · Brisbane Inner City

This profile uses the ABS Bardon statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.

Bardon is a locality in the Brisbane Inner - West area of Queensland. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Bardon SA2.

Where in QLD
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At a glance
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Schools
4
Top ICSEA 1206 (gov)
Childcare
19
NQS-rated services
Population
11,168
+0.9% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the Bardon SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.

Government schools Soon QLD zoning

Government schools in Bardon

Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for QLD yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Rainworth State School Government · 590 students
ICSEA 1206
Bardon State School Government · 254 students
ICSEA 1147

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Stuartholme School
Catholic 815 students
ICSEA 1159 intake context
St Joseph's School
Catholic 368 students
ICSEA 1170 intake context

Fee-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.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).

Schools in Bardon

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ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All QLD schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

Live
  • Bardon Community Kindy Inc.
    Centre-Based Care · 50 places · Bardon
    Exceeding NQS
  • Montessori Children's House
    Centre-Based Care · 24 places · Auchenflower
    Exceeding NQS
  • School Plus - Ithaca Creek OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 180 places · Bardon
    Meeting NQS
  • The Arlington Early Education and Care
    Centre-Based Care · 142 places · Toowong
    Meeting NQS
  • Toowong Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 135 places · Toowong
    Meeting NQS
  • Little Locals Auchenflower
    Centre-Based Care · 125 places · Auchenflower
    Meeting NQS
  • St Ignatius Outside School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 105 places · Toowong
    Meeting NQS
  • Little Ducks Childcare Bardon
    Centre-Based Care · 77 places · Bardon
    Meeting NQS
  • Eden Academy Auchenflower
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Auchenflower
    Meeting NQS
  • Milton Road Children's Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 75 places · Auchenflower
    Meeting NQS
  • Eden Academy Bardon
    Centre-Based Care · 64 places · Bardon
    Meeting NQS
  • PCYC Bardon Fun Squad
    Centre-Based Care · 59 places · Bardon
    Meeting NQS

+ 7 more services in this area's postcodes.

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register
The neighbourhood
Population & growth
Population
11,168
Jun 2025
1yr growth
+0.90%
2024→25
Net change
+103
people / yr
Density
2,384
people / km²

Where did the gain come from?

+103
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+22
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-111
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+192

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Bardon
+0.90%
QLD median
+1.10%
National median
+0.80%

Other SA2s in Brisbane Inner - West

The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth

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    Auchenflower
    +1.8%
    6,222 ppl
  2. 02
    Red Hill (Qld)
    +1.5%
    6,757 ppl
  3. 03
    Paddington - Milton
    +1.0%
    13,364 ppl
  4. 04
    Toowong
    +0.8%
    13,725 ppl
  5. 05
    Ashgrove
    +0.5%
    14,911 ppl