Mount Nathan is a rural

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Mount Nathan had a population of 1,375 people.

Geography

Mount Nathan is situated in the Gold Coast hinterland in

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. Mount Nathan Road / Beaudesert-Nerang Road (State Route 90) runs along the eastern boundary, and then passes through from north-east to west, a major passage to

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. Nerang–Murwillumbah Road (State Route 97) runs along a part of the south-eastern boundary.

History

Silkwood Steiner School opened in 1997.

Demographics

In the , Mount Nathan recorded a population of 1,214 people, 49.7% female and 50.3% male. The median age of the Mount Nathan population was 41 years, 3 years above the national median of 38, with 76.1% of people having been born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 5.0%, South Africa 0.9%, USA 0.8% and Sri Lanka 0.7%. 91.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were Mandarin (0.5%), Japanese (0.4%), German and French (0.3%). In the , Mount Nathan had a population of 1,375 people.

Education

Silkwood Steiner School is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 27 & 39 Shepherd Hill Lane (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 575 students with 44 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 39 non-teaching staff (32 full-time equivalent). There are no government schools in Mount Nathan. The nearest government primary schools are St Bernard State School in

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to the west, Gaven State School in Oxenford to the north-east, and Nerang State School in neighbouring

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to the east. The nearest government secondary school is

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in Nerang to the east.

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