Coombabah

Coombabah is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Coombabah is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Coombabah had a population of 10,388 people.

The suburb takes its name from Coombabah Lake and Coombabah Creek, which in turn are named using Bundjalung language, Ngaraangbal dialect words meaning place of the wood grubs, from the word goombo meaning teredo worm, which was a deliberately cultivated food source by the Indigenous people.Coombabah Provisional School opened circa July 1887 as a special school for the children of parents who were employed in Public Works in the area. The school was moved to Acrobat Creek and re-opened on 10 Jan 1889 as Acrobat Creek Provisional School for the children of workers building railways in the area. It closed in September 1890.In August 1920, another Coombabah Provisional School opened as a half-time provisional school in conjunction with Pine Ridge Provisional School (meaning the schools shared the teacher). closed on April-24. In JUly 1922 it closed due to low student number, but later that year re-opened as a full-time previsional school (having its own teacher). It closed permanently in April 1924.Coombabah State School opened on 27 January 1981.Coombabah State High School opened on 28 January 1986.At the 2006 census, Coombabah had a population of 9,303. It grew to 9,774 by the 2011 census .In the 2016 census Coombabah has a population of 10.388 people.In the 2016 census, Coombabah had a population of 10,388 people.