Coomera, Queensland

"Coomera" redirects here. For the Queensland electoral division, see Electoral district of Coomera.

Coomera Gold Coast,  Queensland
Coomera Railway Station
Coomera
Coordinates	27°52′20″S153°18′53″E / 27.8722°S 153.3147°E / -27.8722; 153.3147 (Coomera (town centre))
Population	20,225 (2021 census) [1]
• Density	822.2/km2 (2,129/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4209
Area	24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	23.8 km (15 mi) N of Southport 27.0 km (17 mi) N of Surfers Paradise 57.7 km (36 mi) SE of Brisbane CBD
LGA(s)	City of Gold Coast
State electorate(s)	Coomera Theodore
Federal division(s)	Fadden
Localities around Coomera: Pimpama Pimpama Southern Moreton Bay Islands Upper Coomera Coomera Hope Island Oxenford Helensvale Hope Island

Coomera is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. ^{[2] [3]} In the 2021 census, the suburb of Coomera had a population of 20,225 people. ^[1]

Geography

Located next to the Pacific Motorway, Coomera is close to Pimpama, Helensvale, Willow Vale, Oxenford, and Upper Coomera. The southern boundary of Coomera is aligned with the Coomera River. Coomera is situated slightly inland from the coast line and is also near the Gold Coast hinterland.

History

Yugembah (also known as Yugumbir, Jugambel, Jugambeir, Jugumbir, Jukam, Jukamba) is one of the Australian Aboriginal languages in areas that include the Beenleigh, Beaudesert, Gold Coast, Logan, Scenic Rim, Albert River, Coolangatta, Coomera, Logan River, Pimpama, Tamborine and Tweed River Valley, within the local government boundaries of the City of Gold Coast, City of Logan, Scenic Rim Regional Council and the Tweed River Valley. ^[4]

The town takes its name from the Coomera River, which in turn takes its name comes from the Yugambeh word kumera, a species of wattle. The bark of this tree was used by Aboriginal people to stupefy fish. ^{[5] [6]}

Coomera Provisional School opened on 11 July 1873. On 20 June 1874, it became Coomera State School. From 1877, it was known as Coomera Lower State School (sometimes Lower Coomera State School) until 1899 when it returned to the name Coomera State School. ^[7]

Coomera Wesleyan Methodist Church opened on Sunday 17 May 1874. ^[8] When the Methodist Church amalgamated into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became the Coomera Uniting Church. On 11 November 2017, the Uniting North Church decided to amalgamate with the Coomera Church creating the Uniting North Coomera Church. ^[9]

Dreamworld opened on 15 December 1981.

Coomera was briefly home to a theme park and wildlife park called Koala Town which closed in the early 1990s. The site is currently occupied by residential land on Koala Town Road.^{[ citation needed ]}

Coomera Rivers State School opened on 1 January 2011; it was originally proposed to call it Coomera East State School. ^[10]

Picnic Creek State School opened in 2018. ^[11]

Westfield Coomera opened on 11 October 2018. ^[12]

St Joseph's College was established in January 2019 by the Brisbane Catholic Education Office with 250 students enrolled in Years Prep-4 and Year 7. ^[13]

Foxwell State Secondary College opened in January 2020. ^[10]

Coomera State Special School opened in February 2020. ^{[14] [15]}

Urban growth

Aerial view of Dreamworld, 2011

Coomera has long been earmarked as a new satellite growth suburb, similar in many ways to Robina. With Australia's biggest theme park, Dreamworld and location of the Big Brother Australia house, and plans for a TAFE, a university campus and Queensland's biggest shopping centre around the existing station, Coomera has been predicted to grow considerably beyond its present size.

Coomera has seen significant residential development including Coomera Waters which is a masterplanned community encompassing a 2,500 lot harbour, canal and dry land estate over 375 hectares of land located on the northern side of the north arm of the Coomera River, directly opposite Sanctuary Cove on Hope Island.

Other residential developments currently under construction include Beacon Heights, Big Sky, Coomera Downs, Coomera Parklands Stage II, Coomera Waters, Genesis, Lily Rise and Nautical Edge. ^[16]

Current real estate developments under construction or in the pipeline for the Coomera district at the beginning of 2011 have increased year on year by $400 million to total $5.9 billion. ^[17]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, the suburb of Coomera had a population of 13,305 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population. 63.3% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 12.0%, England 5.7%, South Africa 2.6% and Philippines 0.8%. 83.9% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.8% and Afrikaans 0.8%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.2%, Catholic 18.8% and Anglican 15.2%. ^[6]

In the 2021 census, the suburb of Coomera had a population of 20,225 people. ^[1]

Heritage listings

Coomera has a heritage site:

• Coomera River: Coomera River Bridge (1930)  ^[18]

Education

Coomera State School is a government primary (Early Childhood to Year 6) school for boys and girls at Dreamworld Parkway ( 27°52′07″S153°18′55″E / 27.8686°S 153.3152°E / -27.8686; 153.3152 (Coomera State School) ). ^{[19] [20]} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 775 students with 65 teachers (58 full-time equivalent) and 31 non-teaching staff (22 full-time equivalent). ^[21] It includes a special education program. ^[22] The school has run the Australian Primary Schools Film Festival since 2001. ^[23]

Coomera Rivers State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 81–87 Finnegan Way ( 27°50′44″S153°19′39″E / 27.8455°S 153.3276°E / -27.8455; 153.3276 (Coomera Rivers State School) ). ^{[19] [24]} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1372 students with 86 teachers (82 full-time equivalent) and 48 non-teaching staff (33 full-time equivalent). ^[21] It includes a special education program. ^[19]

Picnic Creek State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school at 25 Edwardson Drive ( 27°50′24″S153°20′19″E / 27.8399°S 153.3387°E / -27.8399; 153.3387 (Picnic Creek State School) ). ^{[19] [25]} It includes a special education program. ^[19]

Coomera State Special School is a special government primary and secondary (P–12) school at 9 Galaxy Drive ( 27°50′55″S153°20′30″E / 27.8485°S 153.3416°E / -27.8485; 153.3416 (Coomera State Special School) ). It opened in February 2020. ^{[14] [15]}

St Joseph's College is a Catholic primary and secondary school (Prep to Year 12). ^[26]

Foxwell State Secondary College is a government secondary school, which opened in 2020. ^[27]

Amenities

The Gold Coast City Council operates a fortnightly mobile library service which visits Ragamuffin Drive near Sandy Bay. ^[28]

The Coomera branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the 161 Maudsland Road in Oxenford. ^[29]

Uniting North Coomera Church is at 6-8 Esplanade ( 27°52′32″S153°18′58″E / 27.8756°S 153.3162°E / -27.8756; 153.3162 (Uniting North Coomera Church) ). ^{[30] [31]}

Coomera station runs through the town and there are many bus stations and private operators for schools or clubs

Sport and recreation

A number of well-known sporting teams represent the local area, including the Coomera Cutters is the local rugby league club who play home games at Coomera Sports Park and the Coomera Colts Soccer Club and Coomera Magpies Australian Football Club.

The Coomera Sport and Leisure Centre, one of the Venues of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Climate

Coomera has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with hot, humid summers and mild to cool dry winters. Due to its inland location, it is slightly cooler than the coastal area of Gold Coast.

Climate data for Logan City (23 km north)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	41.9 (107.4)	41.0 (105.8)	38.9 (102.0)	33.4 (92.1)	31.1 (88.0)	29.3 (84.7)	29.3 (84.7)	34.3 (93.7)	38.4 (101.1)	37.7 (99.9)	40.7 (105.3)	40.1 (104.2)	41.9 (107.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.9 (85.8)	29.5 (85.1)	28.5 (83.3)	26.4 (79.5)	24.1 (75.4)	21.6 (70.9)	21.5 (70.7)	22.8 (73.0)	25.1 (77.2)	26.5 (79.7)	27.9 (82.2)	29.1 (84.4)	26.1 (79.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20.6 (69.1)	20.5 (68.9)	19.2 (66.6)	16.1 (61.0)	12.6 (54.7)	10.2 (50.4)	8.8 (47.8)	9.4 (48.9)	12.5 (54.5)	15.0 (59.0)	17.4 (63.3)	19.3 (66.7)	15.1 (59.2)
Record low °C (°F)	13.4 (56.1)	15.0 (59.0)	12.4 (54.3)	7.8 (46.0)	2.5 (36.5)	2.0 (35.6)	−0.5 (31.1)	0.8 (33.4)	4.4 (39.9)	7.8 (46.0)	8.5 (47.3)	11.8 (53.2)	−0.5 (31.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	126.4 (4.98)	153.1 (6.03)	134.3 (5.29)	80.2 (3.16)	99.3 (3.91)	74.8 (2.94)	34.0 (1.34)	44.8 (1.76)	40.1 (1.58)	69.3 (2.73)	102.3 (4.03)	122.1 (4.81)	1,086.5 (42.78)
Average precipitation days	13.1	14.5	15.2	11.9	10.7	9.6	8.2	7.3	8.2	9.2	11.8	12.0	131.7
Average relative humidity (%)	64	65	63	61	59	57	53	52	52	57	61	61	59
Source: [32]

References

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Further reading

• Coghill, Gloria A; Coomera State School (1998). 125 Years of schooling on the Coomera 1873-1998. G. Coghill. ISBN   978-0-646-35838-3.

External links

• "Coomera and Coomera Shire". Queensland Places. University of Queensland.
• "Town map of Coomera". Queensland Government. 1973.
• Robert Augustus Henry L'Estrange. "Originals: Coomera Region in the QUT Alumni Donations collection". Digital Collections: historical images. Queensland University of Technology. (1858-04-08 Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland...1941-20-03 Brisbane, Australia)