Moving to Bracken Ridge from The Gap
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bracken Ridge and The Gap, side by side - all from public government data.
Bracken Ridge has 18,847 people (ABS, June 2025), +1.2% in a year, 5 schools and 8 childcare services. Full Bracken Ridge suburb profile.
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Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) . How we source this data →
Which school is zoned?
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
The Gap State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in The Gap.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of The Gap (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Bracken Ridge State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bracken Ridge.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bracken Ridge (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Honest tradeoff
Bracken Ridge's government schools have an average ICSEA of 987, compared to 1,133 in The Gap. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Bracken Ridge 1,069 (2 schools), The Gap 1,127 (1 school).
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Bracken Ridge at 17.7% (vs 10.6% in The Gap).
Bracken Ridge has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below The Gap's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Bracken Ridge?
18,847 people lived in Bracken Ridge at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +1.2% over the year. The Gap had 18,230.
How many schools are in Bracken Ridge?
ACARA lists 5 schools in Bracken Ridge, against 5 in The Gap. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: The Gap → Bracken Ridge