As of June 2018, Yarrabilba consists of seven neighbourhoods ; The Avenues, Oak Leaf, The Retreat, Sandstone Ridge, Sunrise Crossing, Vista, and Wickham Rise. The Darlington Parklands are located between the Oak Leaf and Vista neighbourhoods on the corner of Darlington Drive and Yarrabilba Drive.
History
Before European settlement, which began around 1862, the land was occupied by the Wangerriburra Clan of the Yugambeh language group. The name Yarrabilba comes from the Wangerriburra/Bundjalung language for place of song. The area contained two bora rings where ceremonies involving singing took place. The Beaudesert railway line passing through the area to Canungra operated from 1915 to 1955. During World War II the military training base Camp Cable was built between Logan Village and Tamborine, and included much of the land now part of Yarrabilba. Formerly in the Shire of Beaudesert, Yarrabilba became part of Logan City following the local government amalgamations in March 2008. In 2010, it was announced that Yarrabilba would be the location for a future city which is expected to contain 20,000 dwellings housing up to 50,000 people. Two other new urban centres were to be established at Greater Flagstone also in Logan City and Ecco Ripley in the City of Ipswich. In 2011, development began for the new urban precinct. Lend-Lease was granted approval for the development of the first 93.2 hectare stage of the project. On 28 November 2014, a portion of Yarrabilba was excised to create a new locality, Kairabah. St Clare's Catholic Primary School opened in 2017. Yarrabilba State School opened in 2018. On 28 January 2020, Yarrabilba State Secondary College opened, enrolling approximately 375 students in Year 7 and Year 8.
Education
Yarrabilba State School is a government primary school for boys and girls at 1 Darnell Street. It includes a special education program. In February 2020 it had an enrolment of approximately 850 students. Yarrabilba Secondary College is a government secondary school for boys and girls at 22-60 McKinnon Drive. St Clare'sPrimary School is a Catholic primary school for boys and girls at Feb-48 Combs Street. In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 120 students with 12 teachers and 11 non-teaching staff. A new Catholic secondary school is expected to open in 2021 initially offering Year 7 schooling.
