Moving to Inala (Richlands area) from Forest Lake (Ellen Grove area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Inala - Richlands and Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, side by side - all from public government data.
Inala (Richlands area) has 21,884 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.5% in a year, 3 schools and 17 childcare services. Full Inala (Richlands area) 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.
Grand Avenue State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Forest Lake - Ellen Grove (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.
Richlands East State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Inala - Richlands.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Inala - Richlands (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
Inala - Richlands's government schools have an average ICSEA of 910, compared to 1,006 in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove. 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 Inala - Richlands 903 (2 schools), Forest Lake - Ellen Grove 1,118 (1 school).
There are 3 schools in Inala - Richlands, compared to 4 in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 17 in Inala - Richlands vs 14 in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Inala - Richlands at 56.4% (vs 34.4% in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove).
Inala - Richlands has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Forest Lake - Ellen Grove's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Inala (Richlands area)?
21,884 people lived in Inala (Richlands area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.5% over the year. Forest Lake (Ellen Grove area) had 24,080.
How many schools are in Inala (Richlands area)?
ACARA lists 3 schools in Inala (Richlands area), against 4 in Forest Lake (Ellen Grove area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Forest Lake - Ellen Grove → Inala - Richlands