Moving to Maroochydore (Kuluin area) from Ripley
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Maroochydore - Kuluin and Ripley, side by side - all from public government data.
Maroochydore (Kuluin area) has 25,797 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.0% in a year, 5 schools and 18 childcare services. Full Maroochydore (Kuluin 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.
Ripley Central State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ripley.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ripley (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Maroochydore State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Maroochydore - Kuluin.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Maroochydore - Kuluin (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
Maroochydore - Kuluin's government schools have an average ICSEA of 999, compared to 1,015 in Ripley. 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 Maroochydore - Kuluin 1,068 (2 schools), Ripley none in this SA2.
There are 5 schools in Maroochydore - Kuluin, compared to 4 in Ripley.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 18 in Maroochydore - Kuluin vs 15 in Ripley.
Maroochydore - Kuluin has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Ripley's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Maroochydore (Kuluin area)?
25,797 people lived in Maroochydore (Kuluin area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.0% over the year. Ripley had 23,459.
How many schools are in Maroochydore (Kuluin area)?
ACARA lists 5 schools in Maroochydore (Kuluin area), against 4 in Ripley. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Ripley → Maroochydore - Kuluin