Ningi, Queensland
| Ningi Caboolture Shire, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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| Population | 3,687 (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4511 | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Moreton Bay Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Pumicestone | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Longman | ||||||||||||
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Ningi is an area in the Caboolture District which comprises a small village size settlement north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. It is surrounded by developments ranging from acreage to half acre blocks many of which are classified as rural residential as well as rural properties and state forests. It boasts a Medieval festival, WWII bunkers and an Aboriginal Bora ring. The origin of the suburb's name is from the Aboriginal Ningi Ningi group.[1]
The main township of Ningi is located on Bribie Island Road. At the northern area of Ningi is a housing estate called Bribie Pines, mostly inhabited by the elderly. There are two other housing estates in the area: Grey Gums Estate located on the road out to Godwin Beach, and the newly developed Sandstone Lakes.
A vacuum sewerage system was installed by the Caboolture Shire (now Moreton Bay Regional) Council in 1998 to replace the septic systems originally used.
Demographics
In the 2011 Census the population of Ningi is 3,687, 50.2% female and 49.8% male.
The median/average age of the Ningi population is 37 years of age,
76.4% of people living in Ningi were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 4.2%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.6%, Papua New Guinea 0.5%.
90.9% of people speak English as their first language 0.3% Italian, 0.2% Afrikaans, 0.2% Dutch, 0.2% Mandarin, 0.2% Spanish.
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Coordinates: 27°04′S 153°05′E / 27.067°S 153.083°E