History
Guanaba State School was established circa March 1930 using a school building relocated from the former Carrara State School in 1929. It was officially opened on Arbor Day circa June 1930. It closed circa 1942.
The first polo club on the Gold Coast was established at Guanaba in 1974. Following the sale of the property in 2019, it became a private luxury resort.
In 2005, the set for the fictional town of Ambrose in the 2005 horror film House of Wax was constructed in Gunanba off Hollindale Road.
Demographics
In the 2011 census, Guanaba recorded a population of 798 people, 49.6% female and 50.4% male. The median age of the Guanaba near population was 43 years, 6 years above the national median of 37. 74.1% of people living in Guanaba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 7.5%, New Zealand 4.6%, Netherlands 1.5%, Germany 1.3%, Ireland 0.9%. 91.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1% Mandarin, 0.8% Dutch, 0.6% German, 0.4% French, 0.4% Greek.
In the 2016 census, Guanaba had a population of 793 people.
In the 2021 census, Guanaba had a population of 852 people.
