| Ninderry Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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View of Yandina from Mount Ninderry, 2018
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  Ninderry
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| Coordinates | 26°32′52″S 152°58′05″E / 26.5477°S 152.9680°E / -26.5477; 152.9680 (Ninderry (town centre)) | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,301 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 149.5/km2 (387.3/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4561 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.7 km2 (3.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (UTC+10:00) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Sunshine Coast Region | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Ninderry | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fairfax | ||||||||||||||
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Ninderry is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[2][3] In the 2021 census, the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,301 people.[1]
The locality is bounded to the north-west by the Bruce Highway and the North Coast railway line and to the south-west by the North Maroochy River. The locality is loosely bounded to the east by the ridgeline of the Ninderry Range.[4]
There are two mountains in the locality
On the outskirts of Yandina, the land use is mostly rural residential but some areas are still used for agriculture.[4]
The town takes its name the from Ninderry Range. The name of the range is a corruption of the Kabi language word nyindur / durree, meaning place of scrub leeches.[2]
In the 2016 census, the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,087 people.[8]
In the 2021 census, the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,301 people.[1]
There are no schools in Ninderry. The nearest government primary schools are Yandina State School in neighbouring Yandina to the south-west and North Arm State School in neighbouring North Arm to the north. The nearest government secondary school is Nambour State College in Nambour to the south.[4]
Maroochy Landcare and Maroochy Mooloola Catchment Coordinating Association are both based in Ninderry. Both are affiliated with Landcare Australia.[9]
There are a number of parks in the area:
The bushwalk up Mount Ninderry has two lookouts with panoramic views east to Mount Coolum and west to Yandina.[11]
