[1] The suburb is bounded to the east and north-east by the Bohle River and to north-west and north by Stony Creek which becomes a tributary of Bohle River where they met on the suburb's boundary (19°12′13″S 146°42′13″E / 19.2035°S 146.7035°E / -19.2035; 146.7035 (Stony Creek (mouth))).

[6][7] St Clare's Catholic Primary School opened on 24 January 2011 with an initial enrolment of 177 students.

[8] Townsville Grammar School opened its North Shore campus in Burdell in 2015.

[9] North Shore State School opened on 1 January 2018.

[11] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 294 students with 24 teachers and 16 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).