"Kallangur" redirects here. For the Queensland electoral district, see Electoral district of Kallangur.
Kallangur
suburb
CityMoreton Bay
Stateqld
Coordinates27.2502°S 152.9963°E
Zoom12
Pop21761
Postcode4503
Area11.3
Time zoneAEST
Utc+10:00
Dist 16.9
Dir 1N
Location 1Strathpine
Dist 214.0
Dir 2WSW
Location 2Redcliffe
Dist 327.3
Dir 3N
Location 3Brisbane CBD
LgaCity of Moreton Bay
StategovMurrumba
Stategov 2Kurwongbah
FedgovLongman
Fedgov 2Dickson
Near-nwKurwongbah
Near-nDakabin
Near-neNorth Lakes
Near-wKurwongbah
Near-eNorth Lakes
Near-swPetrie
Near-sMurrumba Downs
Near-seGriffin

Kallangur (/kəˈlæŋgər/ kə-LANG-gər) is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the , Kallangur had a population of 21,761 people.[2]

Geography

The North Coast railway line forms the western boundary of the suburb, while the Bruce Highway forms the eastern boundary. The main thoroughfare in Kallangur is route 71, Anzac Avenue (27.2499°S 152.9966°E).[3]

The Redcliffe Peninsula railway line passes through the suburb, which is served by the Kallangur railway station (27.2566°S 153.0003°E).[4][3]

The proposed Bruce Highway Western Alternative will have its southern entry point in Kallangur.[5]

History

The area once belonged to Mrs. Griffin of Whiteside west of Petrie, and was acquired by the son of a Scottish migrant by the name of Thomas Petrie in 1855. The name Kallangur originates from the Indigenous Australian word kalangoor, meaning a goodly or satisfactory place.[6] Kallangur is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions, however, the word kalangoor is from the Kabi dialect, from the traditional Indigenous Australian Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi) country of the Sunshine Coast and surrounding regions.[7][8]

Gympie Road (now Old Gympie Road) passed through Kallangur from Brisbane to Gympie. It was a route travelled by Cobb & Co coaches.

Kallangur grew in the early twentieth century as it was on the main road route to the Redcliffe peninsula before the construction of the Hornibrook Bridge in the 1930s.

Kallangur State School opened on 9 June 1930.[9]

More recent development has been in response to the general housing demand in the northern growth corridor.

Space City was built on Anzac Avenue in 1978 before being demolished in 1985.[10]

Dakabin State School opened on 28 January 1992.[11][9]

St Peter's Anglican church was closed on 7 March 1993 under the authority of Assistant Bishop Wood.[12]

An ANZAC memorial gate was erected along with a bronze statue on the corner of Anzac Avenue and Goodfellows Road. The new Memorial Gardens was unveiled in front of the North's Leagues and Services Club in 2005 by the former Minister for Veterans' Affairs De-Anne Kelly.[13]

Kallangur railway station was completed in 2016.

Charlotte Mason College was a private primary and secondary (Prep–10) school for boys and girls at 30 Narangba Road (27.2507°S 152.9788°E).[14][15] It opened in 2017. In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 214 students with 9 teachers (7 full-time equivalent) and 7 non-teaching staff.[16] The school also operated a distance education program.[14][17] In December 2023, the school suddenly closed following a series of financial audits.[18]

Pinnacle Academic College opened in July 2020.[19]

Demographics

In the , Kallangur recorded a population of 18,982 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male. The median age of the Kallangur population was 33 years, 4 years below the national median of 37. 77.9% of people living in Kallangur were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.9%, England 4%, Philippines 0.7%, South Africa 0.7%, Scotland 0.5%. 90.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Samoan, 0.4% Hindi, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Tagalog, 0.3% German.[20]

In the , Kallangur had a population of 20,405 people.[21]

In the , Kallangur had a population of 21,761 people.[2]

Heritage listings

Kallangur has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Education

Kallangur State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 139 School Road (27.2487°S 152.9928°E).[14][24] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 810 students with 55 teachers (50 full-time equivalent) and 39 non-teaching staff (27 full-time equivalent).[16] It includes a special education program.[14]

Despite its name, Dakabin State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at Sheaves Road in Kallangur (27.2378°S 152.9867°E).[14][25] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 600 students with 45 teachers (39 full-time equivalent) and 34 non-teaching staff (21 full-time equivalent).[16] It includes a special education program.[14] It also includes the POWER Positive Learning Centre, a specific-purpose primary (3–7) program for children whose behaviours are incompatible with mainstream schooling; the aim of the centre is to ultimately re-integrate the child back into mainstream schooling.[14][26]

Pinnacle Academic College is a private primary school (Prep–6) for boys and girls at 30 Narangba Road (27.2507°S 152.9788°E), a site shared with the former Charlotte Mason College. Pinaccle Academic College offers individualised self-directed education.[27][19]

There is no government secondary school in Kallangur. The nearest government secondary schools are Dakabin State High School in neighbouring Dakabin to the north and Murrumba State Secondary College in neighbouring Murrumba Downs to the south.[3]

Amenities

The Kallangur branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 1431 Anzac Avenue.[28]

References

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  5. ^ "North Brisbane Bruce Highway Western Alternative, planning". Queensland Government. 29 July 2022. Archived 13 August 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Place names of South-East Queensland – page 33". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Kallangur Aboriginal History". Web Archive. Wantima. Archived 17 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. ^ "AIATSIS code E66: Yugarabul". Federal government. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 26 July 2019. Archived 13 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  9. ^ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present, Version 1.01 ed., Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  10. ^ "Space City at Kallangur". Moreton Bay Our Story. 1978. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  11. ^ Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Closed Churches". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  13. ^ "DVA - Annual Report 2004-2005 - Appendix F". www.dva.gov.au. Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  14. ^ "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived 21 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Charlotte Mason College". Archived 29 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  16. ^ "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived 27 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Charlotte Mason College Distance Education". Archived 2 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  18. ^ Holdsworth, Matty (12 December 2023). "School’s sudden closure leaves parents scrambling to find alternative". The Courier-Mail. Archived 12 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  19. ^ Alexander, David (15 July 2020). "A new school has opened in Kallangur to meet a growing demand for more flexible learning". Quest News. Archived 20 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
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  25. ^ "Dakabin State School". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  26. ^ "POWER Positive Learning Centre". Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  27. ^ "Home". Pinnacle Academic College. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  28. ^ "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived 26 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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