Moving to Ripley from Noosa Hinterland
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ripley and Noosa Hinterland, 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.
Cooroy State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Noosa Hinterland.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Noosa Hinterland (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
Government schools in Ripley and Noosa Hinterland have a similar average ICSEA (1,015 and 1,007) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Ripley none in this SA2, Noosa Hinterland 1,073 (3 schools).
There are 4 schools in Ripley, compared to 9 in Noosa Hinterland.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Ripley vs 12 in Noosa Hinterland.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Ripley at 13.2% (vs 4.0% in Noosa Hinterland).
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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. Noosa Hinterland had 26,251.
How many schools are in Ripley?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Ripley, against 9 in Noosa Hinterland. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Noosa Hinterland → Ripley