Type: | town |
Ninderry | |
State: | qld |
Coordinates: | -26.5477°N 152.968°W |
Pop: | 1301 |
Postcode: | 4561 |
Area: | 8.7 |
Timezone: | AEST |
Utc: | +10:00 |
Dist1: | 3.0 |
Dir1: | NE |
Location1: | Yandina |
Dist2: | 12.0 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Nambour |
Dist3: | 40.0 |
Dir3: | NNW |
Location3: | Caloundra |
Dist4: | 112 |
Dir4: | N |
Location4: | Brisbane |
Lga: | Sunshine Coast Region |
Stategov: | Ninderry |
Fedgov: | Fairfax |
Near-N: | North Arm |
Near-Ne: | Valdora |
Near-E: | Valdora |
Near-Se: | Maroochy River |
Near-S: | Yandina |
Near-Sw: | Yandina |
Near-W: | Bridges |
Near-Nw: | North Arm |
Ninderry is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] [2] In the, the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,301 people.
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.
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.
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.
In the, the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,087 people.
In the, the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,301 people.
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.
Maroochy Landcare and Maroochy Mooloola Catchment Coordinating Association are both based in Ninderry. Both are affiliated with Landcare Australia.[6]
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.[8]