Northern Highlands
Queensland · Outback - North · Queensland - Outback
This profile uses the ABS Northern Highlands statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Northern Highlands is a locality in the Outback - North area of Queensland. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Northern Highlands SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Northern Highlands SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Northern Highlands
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.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.
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 Northern Highlands
- Combined · Government · Years Prep-12Enrolment115ICSEA891
- Combined · Government · Years Prep-10Enrolment111ICSEA885
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment38ICSEA919
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment32ICSEA993
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment13ICSEA1017
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment10ICSEA1010
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All QLD schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Meeting NQSRichmond Shire Council Outside School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Richmond
- Meeting NQSRichmond Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Richmond
- Meeting NQSC&K Hughenden Kindergarten & Early Childhood CentreCentre-Based Care · 41 places · Hughenden
- Meeting NQSBwgcolman Community School (Palm Island) KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Palm Island
- Meeting NQSJulia Creek Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 21 places · Julia Creek
- Meeting NQSPentland State School KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 10 places · Pentland
- Working Towards NQSSt Michael's KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 22 places · Palm Island
- Not yet ratedMutarnee State School KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 8 places · Mutarnee
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 4
- Parks
- 12
- Train stations
- 4
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Northern Highlands SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+10Reading the streams: organic growth — more babies than goodbyes — was the biggest driver.
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The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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