Albion, QLD Family Guide

Albion sits where several state school catchments meet

Our map has no state primary school named for Albion. The four closest are Windsor, Wooloowin, Ascot and Eagle Junction, and every one of them uses an equidistant catchment, a boundary drawn between a school and its neighbours. That makes "which state school is ours?" a question about the street, not the suburb.

How Queensland draws the line

The line is measured along roads, not straight across the map. Catchments are worked out from the point of equal distance to and from the main entrances of neighbouring schools, using the road network for the return journey (Ashgrove State School, explaining the department's method). Two things follow for an Albion address:

• The nearest school on a map is not always yours. A railway line, a one-way street or a missing crossing can make the school that looks closer the longer trip by road.
• A neighbour's answer is not proof of yours. Two homes a short walk apart can sit either side of a boundary.

A child whose home is inside a school's catchment is entitled to enrol there (Department of Education).

Five state schools, five enrolment management plans

The department introduces a School Enrolment Management Plan when a state school is nearing its enrolment capacity (Department of Education). All five state schools closest to Albion on our map have one:

Kedron is the closest state high school to Albion on our map, and its catchment is negotiated rather than equidistant, so its boundary is not simply the halfway line described above. At a school with a plan, out-of-catchment applications wait on a list in the order they were received, and are offered a place only if room remains after places are held for local students (Department of Education).

What else is within 2 km

Catchments apply to state schools only. Catholic and independent schools in the same circle, such as St Rita's College, Clayfield College and St Margaret's Anglican Girls School, run their own enrolment.

Sport after the bell, within 3 km

Live from the AroundSchools directory — 10 of 17 kids' activity providers we list within 3 km of Albion · correct as at 1 Oct 2026

Before you sign a lease or a contract

• Search the exact address in EdMap, the state's own catchment map, or line the zoned schools up side by side in our catchment checker.
• Open the page for the school the address maps to, then read its plan from the table above.
• More for children around the suburb is on the Albion activities page, with Windsor and Clayfield next door.