Moving to Nerang (Mount Nathan area) from Ripley
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Nerang - Mount Nathan and Ripley, side by side - all from public government data.
Nerang (Mount Nathan area) has 22,560 people (ABS, June 2025), +1.3% in a year, 5 schools and 17 childcare services. Full Nerang (Mount Nathan 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.
William Duncan State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Nerang - Mount Nathan.
The government catchment school for parts of Nerang - Mount Nathan is William Duncan State School - just outside the suburb boundary (QLD catchment data).
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
Nerang - Mount Nathan's government schools have an average ICSEA of 992, 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 Nerang - Mount Nathan 1,055 (2 schools), Ripley none in this SA2.
There are 5 schools in Nerang - Mount Nathan, compared to 4 in Ripley.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 17 in Nerang - Mount Nathan vs 15 in Ripley.
Nerang - Mount Nathan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Ripley's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Nerang (Mount Nathan area)?
22,560 people lived in Nerang (Mount Nathan area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +1.3% over the year. Ripley had 23,459.
How many schools are in Nerang (Mount Nathan area)?
ACARA lists 5 schools in Nerang (Mount Nathan 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 → Nerang - Mount Nathan