Moving to Ripley from Maroochydore (Kuluin area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ripley and Maroochydore - Kuluin, side by side - all from public government data.
Ripley has 23,459 people (ABS, June 2025), +15.4% in a year, 4 schools and 15 childcare services. Full Ripley 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.
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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
Ripley's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,015, compared to 999 in Maroochydore - Kuluin. 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 Ripley none in this SA2, Maroochydore - Kuluin 1,068 (2 schools).
There are 4 schools in Ripley, compared to 5 in Maroochydore - Kuluin.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Ripley vs 18 in Maroochydore - Kuluin.
Ripley has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Maroochydore - Kuluin's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Ripley?
23,459 people lived in Ripley at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +15.4% over the year. Maroochydore (Kuluin area) had 25,797.
How many schools are in Ripley?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Ripley, against 5 in Maroochydore (Kuluin area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Maroochydore - Kuluin → Ripley