Move comparison · VIC → QLD

Moving to Ripley from Wallan

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ripley and Wallan, 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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Comparing

Wallan

VIC · current home

Ripley

QLD · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

30,342

23,459

Annual growth

+7.1%

+15.4%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,002/wk

$2,093/wk

Overseas born

18.9%

18.7%

Non-English-speaking background

18.9%

13.2%

Children aged 0–14

24.7%

27.3%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.

Decile 5

Decile 6

IRSAD score

986

1,015

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

985

1,015

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,039

not published

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW; QLD rent only

Median house price

$650,000

not published

House price YoY

+9.2%

Not enough sales to compare

Median 3-bed house rent /wk "Not published" means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.

not published

$600

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak

62 min

41 min

GPs nearby

None mapped

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

None mapped

Crime & safety CSA Victoria (year ending June 2026)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)

1,198

not published

Change vs prior year

+20%

not published

LGA rate, as published: recorded incidents per 100,000 people, whole council area (Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, year ending June 2026, released September 2026)

6,073.1 (Mitchell)

not published

Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

Crime Statistics Agency Victoria data, licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU. Suburb totals are added up from published figures.

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) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). 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.

From: Wallan

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Muyan Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wallan.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wallan (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School

Catholic 698 students

ICSEA 1039 intake context

Fee-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.

To: Ripley

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Ripley Central State School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ripley.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 565

ICSEA 1005

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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 map

We 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 985 in Wallan. 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, Wallan 1,039 (1 school).

There are 4 schools in Ripley, compared to 6 in Wallan.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Ripley vs 27 in Wallan.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ripley at 13.2% (vs 18.9% in Wallan).

Ripley has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Wallan's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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Childcare2

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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Childcare3

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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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. Wallan had 30,342.

How many schools are in Ripley?

ACARA lists 4 schools in Ripley, against 6 in Wallan. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".

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