Ninderry, Queensland

Ninderry is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Ninderry had a population of 1,301 people.

Geography
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.
 * Fair Hill in the north-west of the locality (-26.5385°N, 152.9727°W) rising to 148 m above sea level
 * Mount Ninderry in the south-east corner of the locality (-26.5524°N, 152.994°W) rising to 312 m

History
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.

Demographics
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.

Education
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.

Community groups
Maroochy Landcare and Maroochy Mooloola Catchment Coordinating Association are both based in Ninderry. Both are affiliated with Landcare Australia.

Parks
There are a number of parks in the area:


 * Collins Road Natural Amenity Reserve (-26.5486°N, 152.9703°W)
 * George Best Park (-26.5488°N, 152.9638°W)
 * Honeydew Place Natural Amenity Reserve (-26.5318°N, 152.9804°W)
 * Leach Park (-17.784°N, 102.0368°W)
 * Mount Ninderry Bushland Conservation Reserve (-17.7055°N, 102.0057°W)
 * North Maroochy River Esplanade – Yandina (-17.7027°N, 101.983°W)
 * Old Coach Way Bushland Conservation Reserve (-26.5373°N, 152.9697°W)
 * Old Coach Way Park (-26.5359°N, 152.9701°W)

Attractions
The bushwalk up Mount Ninderry has two lookouts with panoramic views east to Mount Coolum and west to Yandina.