Runaway Bay
Queensland · Gold Coast - North · Gold Coast
This profile uses the ABS Runaway Bay statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Runaway Bay is a locality in the Gold Coast - North area of Queensland. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Runaway Bay SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Runaway Bay SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Runaway Bay
No government schools sit inside this area on the ACARA register — nearby schools likely serve it. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for QLD yet.
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 Runaway Bay
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment665ICSEA1076
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All QLD schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Biggera Waters State School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 135 places · Biggera Waters
- Meeting NQSSt Francis Xavier OSHCCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Runaway Bay
- Meeting NQSPapilio Early Learning CoombabahCentre-Based Care · 116 places · Coombabah
- Meeting NQSCreative Garden Early Learning Centre-CoombabahCentre-Based Care · 101 places · Coombabah
- Meeting NQSRunaway Bay KindylandCentre-Based Care · 99 places · Runaway Bay
- Meeting NQSCreative Kids Educare CentreCentre-Based Care · 91 places · Biggera Waters
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Coombabah State School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Coombabah
- Meeting NQSParadise Point KindylandCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Paradise Point
- Meeting NQSMy Kindy Runaway BayCentre-Based Care · 68 places · Runaway Bay
- Meeting NQSHarbour town KindylandCentre-Based Care · 64 places · Runaway Bay
- Working Towards NQSJacaranda Early EducationCentre-Based Care · 93 places · Biggera Waters
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 3
- Parks
- 11
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Runaway Bay SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Commute
- To CBD by train, AM peak
- 69 min
- Nearest station
- Helensvale station (5.8 km)
Median scheduled weekday AM-peak train travel time from the nearest station to the CBD terminus. Distance to that station is straight-line, not a walk time.
Where did the gain come from?
+131Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Gold Coast - North
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Biggera Waters+2.0%11,016 ppl
- 02Arundel+1.4%12,056 ppl
- 03Labrador+1.4%19,745 ppl
- 04Paradise Point - Hollywell+0.9%10,736 ppl
- 05Coombabah+0.7%10,815 ppl
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