Karabar
New South Wales · Queanbeyan · Capital Region
This profile uses the ABS Karabar statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Karabar is a locality in the Queanbeyan area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Karabar SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Karabar SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Queanbeyan SPS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Karabar.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Karabar (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe 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 Karabar
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment723ICSEA982
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment419ICSEA939
- Special · Government · Years UEnrolment34ICSEA944
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSKin Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Queanbeyan
- Exceeding NQSGoogong Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 111 places · Googong
- Exceeding NQSHarris Park PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Queanbeyan
- Exceeding NQSCampbell Street Child Care & Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 58 places · Queanbeyan
- Exceeding NQSKU Queanbeyan South Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 48 places · Karabar
- Exceeding NQSKarabar PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 24 places · Queanbeyan
- Meeting NQSTeamKids - St Greg's - QueanbeyanCentre-Based Care · 195 places · Queanbeyan East
- Meeting NQSYMCA South Queanbeyan OSHCCentre-Based Care · 145 places · Queanbeyan
- Meeting NQSQueanbeyan Montessori AcademyCentre-Based Care · 118 places · Queanbeyan West
- Meeting NQSBluebird Early Education Benedict HouseCentre-Based Care · 115 places · Queanbeyan
- Meeting NQSCrestwood World of LearningCentre-Based Care · 92 places · Queanbeyan
- Meeting NQSCrest Road Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Queanbeyan
+ 18 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
- 602
- vs previous year
- +18%
- vs 2021
- 583
- Against justice procedures 114
- Theft 103
- Assault 99
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 80
- Malicious damage to property 77
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
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 0
- Parks
- 30
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Karabar 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 Karabar 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 loss come from?
-23Reading the streams: organic growth — more babies than goodbyes — was the biggest driver.
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