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Queensland · Moreton Bay - South · 475,623 people · 117 suburbs · 30 postcodes

Moreton Bay at a glance

Map shows the Moreton Bay LGA boundary in blue with a marker per suburb. Hover for suburb name, click for details.

Marker colour reflects SEIFA IRSAD decile: ● 1-2 (most disadvantaged), ● 3-4, ● 5-6, ● 7-8, ● 9-10 (most advantaged).

Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021. Map tiles: OpenStreetMap contributors.

Federal electorate boundaries can be toggled on the map. Boundary source: ABS ASGS 2021 CED boundaries.

Moreton Bay is a metropolitan Local Government Area in Queensland, in the Brisbane region. It covers 117 suburbs across 30 postcodes and an area of 2,042 km². Moreton Bay has a population of 475,623 , ranking #3 most populous in QLD. The most populous suburb is Caboolture (29,534 residents).About 21.0% of residents were born overseas and 8.5% speak a language other than English at home.

Who lives here

How they live

Work and learning

Schools in Moreton Bay

112 schools across Moreton Bay: 64.3% Government, 12.5% Catholic, 23.2% Independent. The QLD average is 69.8% / 17.1% / 13.1%. Schools here have a median ICSEA of 994 (range 863 to 1125). QLD median is 985; national mean is 1000.

All 112 schools in Moreton Bay, sorted by enrolment:

School	Sector	Type	Suburb	Students	ICSEA
North Lakes State College	Government	Combined	North Lakes	2,407	1018
Australian Christian College - Moreton	Independent	Combined	Caboolture	2,110	1046
Mueller College	Independent	Combined	Rothwell	1,867	1078
Bray Park State High School	Government	Secondary	Bray Park	1,830	991
Narangba Valley State High School	Government	Secondary	Narangba	1,821	999
Arethusa College	Independent	Special	Deception Bay	1,733	938
Murrumba State Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Murrumba Downs	1,682	1001
Morayfield State High School	Government	Secondary	Morayfield	1,654	939
Southern Cross Catholic College	Catholic	Combined	Scarborough	1,653	1041
Genesis Christian College	Independent	Combined	Bray Park	1,618	1099
Grace Lutheran College	Independent	Secondary	Rothwell	1,567	1080
Mango Hill State School	Government	Primary	Mango Hill	1,561	1065
Albany Creek State High School	Government	Secondary	Albany Creek	1,550	1055
St Eugene College	Catholic	Combined	Burpengary	1,494	1031
Redcliffe State High School	Government	Secondary	Redcliffe	1,444	1004
Deception Bay State High School	Government	Secondary	Deception Bay	1,374	923
Caboolture State High School	Government	Secondary	Caboolture	1,373	942
St Columban's College	Catholic	Secondary	Caboolture	1,171	1026
The Lakes College	Independent	Combined	North Lakes	1,169	1125
Griffin State School	Government	Primary	Griffin	1,159	1015
Holy Spirit College	Catholic	Secondary	Mount Pleasant	1,139	1023
Bounty Boulevard State School	Government	Primary	North Lakes	1,134	1011
Burpengary State Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Burpengary	1,121	964
Narangba Valley State School	Government	Primary	Narangba	1,067	1016
Bribie Island State High School	Government	Secondary	Bongaree	1,020	969
Mango Hill State Secondary College	Government	Secondary	Mango Hill	1,005	1031
Kallangur State School	Government	Primary	Kallangur	982	957
Morayfield East State School	Government	Primary	Morayfield	982	931
St Benedict's College	Catholic	Secondary	Mango Hill	981	1062
Dakabin State High School	Government	Secondary	Dakabin	980	940
Eatons Hill State School	Government	Primary	Eatons Hill	977	1060
Carmichael College	Independent	Combined	Morayfield	958	1052
Northpine Christian College	Independent	Combined	Dakabin	952	1068
Burpengary State School	Government	Primary	Burpengary	947	960
Pumicestone State School	Government	Primary	Caboolture	938	938
Undurba State School	Government	Primary	Murrumba Downs	919	1012
Pine Rivers State High School	Government	Secondary	Strathpine	902	960
Tullawong State High School	Government	Secondary	Caboolture	897	936
Clontarf Beach State High School	Government	Secondary	Clontarf	877	948
Albany Hills State School	Government	Primary	Albany Creek	829	1068
Banksia Beach State School	Government	Primary	Banksia Beach	818	996
Scarborough State School	Government	Primary	Scarborough	776	1015
Patricks Road State School	Government	Primary	Ferny Hills	771	1105
St Benedict's Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Mango Hill	762	1070
Burpengary Meadows State School	Government	Primary	Burpengary	702	994
Bellmere State School	Government	Primary	Bellmere	695	946
Minimbah State School	Government	Primary	Morayfield	668	949
Albany Creek State School	Government	Primary	Albany Creek	667	1036
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Caboolture	646	1018
Lawnton State School	Government	Primary	Lawnton	643	967
Narangba State School	Government	Primary	Narangba	641	997
Hercules Road State School	Government	Primary	Kippa-Ring	636	951
Kurwongbah State School	Government	Primary	Petrie	620	992
All Saints Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Albany Creek	616	1091
Jinibara State School	Government	Primary	Narangba	611	980
Emmanuel Catholic Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Mount Pleasant	597	1025
Samford State School	Government	Primary	Samford Village	587	1100
Moreton Downs State School	Government	Primary	Deception Bay	586	945
Living Faith Lutheran Primary School	Independent	Primary	Murrumba Downs	567	1080
Humpybong State School	Government	Primary	Margate	565	974
Caboolture East State School	Government	Primary	Caboolture	539	930
Elimbah State School	Government	Primary	Elimbah	538	988
Dakabin State School	Government	Primary	Kallangur	529	958
Samford Valley Steiner School	Independent	Combined	Wights Mountain	500	1103
Woodford State School	Government	Combined	Woodford	493	952
Petrie State School	Government	Primary	Petrie	492	973
Holy Spirit School	Catholic	Primary	Bray Park	484	1031
Bray Park State School	Government	Primary	Bray Park	480	973
Grace Lutheran Primary School	Independent	Primary	Clontarf	479	1090
Tullawong State School	Government	Primary	Caboolture	474	897
Morayfield State School	Government	Primary	Morayfield	455	895
Ferny Hills State School	Government	Primary	Ferny Hills	440	1057
Bribie Island State School	Government	Primary	Bongaree	427	942
Clontarf Beach State School	Government	Primary	Clontarf	425	969
Strathpine West State School	Government	Primary	Strathpine	419	966
Mt Maria College - Petrie	Catholic	Secondary	Petrie	403	1015
Strathpine State School	Government	Primary	Strathpine	372	976
St Michael's College	Independent	Primary	Caboolture	368	1036
Deception Bay North State School	Government	Primary	Deception Bay	362	887
Christ the King Catholic Primary School	Catholic	Primary	Deception Bay	361	989
Pine Rivers Special School	Government	Special	Lawnton	348	1009
St Paul's Lutheran Primary School	Independent	Primary	Caboolture	339	1042
Beachmere State School	Government	Primary	Beachmere	334	963
Northview State School	Government	Primary	Mount Pleasant	331	991
Wamuran State School	Government	Primary	Wamuran	323	979
Dayboro State School	Government	Primary	Dayboro	322	1043
Deception Bay State School	Government	Primary	Deception Bay	292	882
Delaneys Creek State School	Government	Primary	Delaneys Creek	288	1000
Australian Trade College North Brisbane	Independent	Secondary	Scarborough	286	1026
Kippa-Ring State School	Government	Primary	Kippa-Ring	274	899
Mount Samson State School	Government	Primary	Mount Samson	260	1072
Y Schools Queensland - Moreton Bay	Independent	Special	North Lakes	259	942
Caboolture State School	Government	Primary	Caboolture	254	888
Our Lady of the Way School	Catholic	Primary	Petrie	246	1037
Horizons College of Learning and Enrichment	Independent	Special	Caboolture	225	918
Caboolture Montessori School	Independent	Primary	Caboolture	218	1069
Good Shepherd Christian School	Independent	Combined	Albany Creek	214	1061
Caboolture Special School	Government	Special	Caboolture South	197	962
Birali Steiner School	Independent	Combined	Beachmere	157	1014
Alta-1 College	Independent	Secondary	Caboolture	132	956
YOS Lawnton	Independent	Special	Lawnton	132	915
Lee Street State Special School	Government	Special	Caboolture	131	941
Woody Point Special School	Government	Special	Woody Point	129	985
Kairos Community College	Independent	Special	Deception Bay	125	965
Deception Bay Flexible School	Catholic	Special	Deception Bay	122	863
Pinnacle Academic College	Independent	Primary	Kallangur	109	1015
Pine Community School	Independent	Primary	Arana Hills	103	1080
Redcliffe Special School	Government	Special	Redcliffe	89	957
The Younity School	Independent	Secondary	Burpengary	55	921
Mount Mee State School	Government	Primary	Mount Mee	53	994
Mount Nebo State School	Government	Primary	Mount Nebo	36	1044
Edu Space Redcliffe	Independent	Secondary	Redcliffe	30	883

Source: ACARA School Profiles 2025. ICSEA shown where reported; some schools (notably small primaries) do not publish ICSEA.

SEIFA socio-economic indexes

SEIFA 2021 ranks Australian areas across four dimensions. Scores are population-weighted averages of suburb-level SEIFA scores within Moreton Bay. Higher scores indicate more advantage; the national mean is 1000.

Suburbs in Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay contains 117 suburbs and 30 postcodes. Sorted by population.

Suburb	Postcode	Population	Median income	Median age
Caboolture	4510	29,534	$1,310/wk	36
Morayfield	4506	24,898	$1,442/wk	34
North Lakes	4509	23,030	$2,092/wk	35
Kallangur	4503	21,761	$1,456/wk	35
Narangba	4504	20,910	$2,207/wk	33
Deception Bay	4508	19,573	$1,270/wk	40
Burpengary	4505	16,488	$1,720/wk	36
Albany Creek	4035	16,385	$2,267/wk	40
Mango Hill	4509	14,921	$2,145/wk	31
Griffin	4503	12,295	$2,013/wk	29
Warner	4500	12,264	$2,296/wk	33
Murrumba Downs	4503	10,795	$1,827/wk	39
Strathpine	4500	10,647	$1,556/wk	37
Redcliffe	4020	10,460	$1,114/wk	52
Bray Park	4500	10,271	$1,736/wk	37
Kippa-Ring	4021	9,745	$1,297/wk	43
Burpengary East	4505	9,654	$1,821/wk	38
Scarborough	4020	9,178	$1,336/wk	53
Ferny Hills	4055	8,726	$2,271/wk	40
Petrie	4502	8,722	$1,853/wk	38
Clontarf	4019	8,446	$1,383/wk	46
Bongaree	4507	8,162	$826/wk	67
Eatons Hill	4037	7,822	$2,771/wk	38
Margate	4019	7,575	$1,231/wk	46
Caboolture South	4510	7,539	$1,191/wk	36
Rothwell	4022	7,538	$1,305/wk	43
Banksia Beach	4507	7,180	$1,283/wk	59
Arana Hills	4054	6,971	$2,227/wk	37
Everton Hills	4053	6,673	$2,335/wk	36
Bellmere	4510	6,588	$1,448/wk	34
Newport	4020	5,964	$2,418/wk	43
Lawnton	4501	5,905	$1,371/wk	37
Ningi	4511	5,349	$1,473/wk	43
Dakabin	4503	5,275	$1,689/wk	30
Upper Caboolture	4510	5,087	$1,879/wk	33
Cashmere	4500	4,970	$2,950/wk	40
Beachmere	4510	4,782	$1,103/wk	57
Woody Point	4019	4,548	$1,227/wk	53
Elimbah	4516	4,290	$2,183/wk	40
Sandstone Point	4511	4,094	$963/wk	62
Woodford	4514	4,022	$1,393/wk	38
Joyner	4500	3,600	$2,299/wk	35
Wamuran	4512	3,374	$2,105/wk	43
Bellara	4507	3,278	$884/wk	59
Samford Valley	4520	3,208	$3,250/wk	45
Brendale	4500	3,100	$1,219/wk	35
Dayboro	4521	2,376	$2,303/wk	40
Highvale	4520	1,979	$3,143/wk	44
Bunya	4055	1,968	$3,402/wk	43
Woorim	4507	1,843	$926/wk	60
Kurwongbah	4503	1,552	$2,254/wk	42
D'Aguilar	4514	1,474	$1,896/wk	36
Camp Mountain	4520	1,447	$2,674/wk	44
Delaneys Creek	4514	1,366	$1,970/wk	39
Ocean View	4521	1,022	$2,184/wk	50
Toorbul	4510	958	$1,149/wk	57
Samford Village	4520	819	$1,696/wk	48
Whiteside	4503	810	$2,312/wk	44
Clear Mountain	4500	807	$2,715/wk	45
Wights Mountain	4520	767	$3,091/wk	48
Draper	4520	695	$3,073/wk	42
Samsonvale	4520	674	$3,250/wk	40
Donnybrook	4510	664	$1,130/wk	58
Kobble Creek	4520	654	$2,647/wk	45
Mount Samson	4520	625	$2,750/wk	47
Closeburn	4520	562	$2,839/wk	47
Mount Mee	4521	519	$1,476/wk	52
Godwin Beach	4511	487	$1,445/wk	49
Stanmore	4514	454	$1,583/wk	45
Mount Nebo	4520	430	$1,771/wk	48
Yugar	4520	406	$2,666/wk	44
Moorina	4506	403	$2,416/wk	48
Mount Pleasant	4521	390	$2,077/wk	46
King Scrub	4521	363	$2,895/wk	40
Mount Glorious	4520	343	$1,924/wk	49
Armstrong Creek	4520	328	$2,166/wk	45
Moodlu	4510	285	$1,402/wk	44
Laceys Creek	4521	280	$2,523/wk	45
Rocksberg	4510	277	$1,805/wk	52
Booroobin	4552	258	$1,266/wk	55
Stony Creek	4514	245	$1,375/wk	46
Meldale	4510	230	$1,125/wk	55
Wamuran Basin	4512	199	$2,312/wk	42
Neurum	4514	178	$1,375/wk	48
Rush Creek	4521	152	$2,083/wk	48
White Patch	4507	150	$1,774/wk	56
Cedarton	4514	129	$1,196/wk	51
Bellthorpe	4514	108	$1,213/wk	57
Bracalba	4512	97	$2,250/wk	38
Mount Delaney	4514	80	$1,593/wk	37
Campbells Pocket	4521	77	$2,125/wk	47
Jollys Lookout	4520	73	$2,999/wk	44
Commissioners Flat	4514	23	$2,750/wk	38
Balingool	4510
Baroon Pocket	4552
Brookside Centre	4053
Clontarf Beach	4019
Corymbia	4513
Crystal Waters	4552
Dohles Rocks	4503
Greenstone	4513
Harper Creek	4552
Humpybong	4019
Kedron Upper	4055
Lilywood	4513
Margate Beach	4019
Mountain View	4552
Oxford Park	4053
Redcliffe North	4020
Scotts Point	4019
Somerset Hills	4053
Stafford City	4053
Strathpine Centre	4500
Strathpine City	4500
Wagtail Grove	4513
Waraba	4513
Welsby	4507

Postcodes covered

4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4035, 4037, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4357, 4500, 4501, 4502, 4503, 4504, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4508, 4509, 4510, 4511, 4512, 4513, 4514, 4516, 4520, 4521, 4552, 4740

Compare Moreton Bay with neighbouring LGAs

Side-by-side demographic and socio-economic snapshot of Moreton Bay and its closest neighbouring LGAs.

LGA	Population	Median age	SEIFA IRSAD	% renting	% overseas-born
Moreton Bay (QLD)	475,623	39.6	970	32.1%	21.0%
Brisbane	1,242,756	36.4	1060	39.4%	31.8%
Sunshine Coast	341,470	43.6	1001	28.5%	20.7%
Somerset	24,745	44.4	912	21.5%	13.7%

Services and amenities

Frequently asked questions about Moreton Bay

What is the population of Moreton Bay?

The 2021 Census recorded 475,623 people living in Moreton Bay, across 117 suburbs.

What suburbs are in Moreton Bay?

Moreton Bay contains 117 suburbs. The most populous are Caboolture, Morayfield, North Lakes, Kallangur, Narangba.See the full list in the Suburbs section above.

What postcodes are in Moreton Bay?

Moreton Bay covers 30 postcodes: 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4035, 4037, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4357, 4500, 4501, 4502, 4503, 4504, 4505, 4506, 4507, 4508, 4509, 4510, 4511, 4512, 4513, 4514, 4516, 4520, 4521, 4552, 4740.

How many schools are in Moreton Bay?

Moreton Bay has 112 schools, including 72 government, 14 Catholic, and 26 independent schools (ACARA 2025).

What is the SEIFA score for Moreton Bay?

Moreton Bay has a population-weighted SEIFA IRSAD score of 970, where the national average is 1000. Higher scores indicate more relative advantage.

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 (IRSD, IRSAD, IER, IEO), ACARA School Profiles 2025, ABS ASGS 2021 LGA boundaries. How this data is sourced.