Goonellabah
New South Wales · Richmond Valley - Hinterland · Richmond - Tweed
This profile uses the ABS Goonellabah statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Goonellabah is a locality in the Richmond Valley - Hinterland area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Goonellabah SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Goonellabah SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Goonellabah Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Goonellabah.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Goonellabah (NSW 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.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Goonellabah
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment628ICSEA1042
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment262ICSEA884
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment226ICSEA847
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment201ICSEA999
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning GoonellabahCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Goonellabah
- Exceeding NQSLismore PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 65 places · Lismore
- Exceeding NQSBumblebee Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 62 places · Goonellabah
- Exceeding NQSGoonellabah Pre-School IncorporatedCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Goonellabah
- Exceeding NQSLismore Preschool IncorporatedCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Lismore
- Exceeding NQSEast Lismore Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 50 places · East Lismore
- Exceeding NQSMe and My House Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 39 places · Lismore
- Exceeding NQSLismore Parish Centre Pre SchoolCentre-Based Care · 29 places · Lismore
- Exceeding NQSClunes Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 25 places · Clunes
- Exceeding NQSBentley Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 20 places · Bentley
- Exceeding NQSDunoon Pre-SchoolCentre-Based Care · 20 places · Dunoon
- Exceeding NQSLismore South Public School Ngulliboo Jarjums PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 20 places · Lismore
+ 28 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 1,165
- vs previous year
- -13%
- vs 2021
- 1,186
- Theft 340
- Assault 173
- Against justice procedures 171
- Malicious damage to property 119
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 107
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 2
- Parks
- 17
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Goonellabah SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land
This shows whether the Goonellabah SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Where did the gain come from?
+137Reading the streams: Australian movers from other suburbs drove most of the change.
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