Dakabin is a locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Dakabin had a population of 5,275 people.
The origin of the suburb name is from the Yugarabul Indigenous Australian language meaning grass tree or grass root.
Alma Park Zoo opened in 1969. it was a 20-acre (8.1 ha) park which contained Australian and exotic species as well as tropical gardens. It was proposed to relocate the zoo to Logan City in 2011, but on 31 March 2014 the zoo relocated to The Big Pineapple.
Dakabin State High School opened on 23 January 1978.
Northpine Christian College opened in Dakabin on 1 March 1978. The school originally opened in Zillmere in 1953, but the school building was destroyed in a fire in February 1978, resulting in its relocation to Dakabin. The school only provided primary schooling until 1984 when secondary schooling to Year 10 was added. In 1996 the school expanded to full secondary schooling (to Year 12).
In the 2011 census, Dakabin recorded a population of 1,447 people, 50.3% female and 49.7% male. The median age of the Dakabin population was 33 years, 4 years below the national median of 37. 78.5% of people living in Dakabin were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 4.9%, England 4.7%, South Africa 1.5%, Scotland 0.9%, United States of America 0.8%. 92.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.6% Auslan, 0.6% Sinhalese, 0.4% Malayalam, 0.3% Russian, 0.3% Hindi.
In the 2016 census, Dakabin had a population of 3,540 people.
In the 2021 census, Dakabin had a population of 5,275 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
