Move comparison · QLD → VIC

Moving to Tarneit (Central area) from Ripley

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Tarneit - Central and Ripley, side by side - all from public government data.

Tarneit (Central area) has 29,246 people (ABS, June 2025), -0.3% in a year, a median house price of $675,000, 6 schools and 49 childcare services. Full Tarneit (Central area) suburb profile.

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Comparing

Ripley

QLD · current home

Tarneit - Central

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

23,459

29,246

Annual growth

+15.4%

-0.3%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,093/wk

$2,164/wk

Overseas born

18.7%

56.3%

Non-English-speaking background

13.2%

67.3%

Children aged 0–14

27.3%

28.1%

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 6

IRSAD score

1,015

1,011

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,015

1,027

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

not published

1,061

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW; QLD rent only

Median house price

not published

$675,000

House price YoY

Not enough sales to compare

+3.1%

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.

$600

not published

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak

41 min

30 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)

not published

3,708

Change vs prior year

not published

+9%

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

not published

5,126.8 (Wyndham)

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: 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.

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

To: Tarneit - Central

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Tarneit P-9 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tarneit - Central.

Sector Government

Years Prep-9

Students 2,010

ICSEA 1026

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

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Tarneit - Central (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)

Thomas Carr College

Catholic 1,347 students

ICSEA 1061 intake context

St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School

Catholic 441 students

ICSEA 1053 intake context

St John the Apostle Catholic Primary School

Catholic 384 students

ICSEA 1068 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.

Honest tradeoff

Government schools in Tarneit - Central and Ripley have a similar average ICSEA (1,027 and 1,015) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Tarneit - Central 1,061 (3 schools), Ripley none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Tarneit - Central, compared to 4 in Ripley.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 49 in Tarneit - Central vs 15 in Ripley.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Tarneit - Central at 67.3% (vs 13.2% in Ripley).

Similar suburbs near Tarneit - Central

Tarneit - North VIC

House$675,000

Gov ICSEA1,049

Schools3

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Hoppers Crossing - North VIC

House$700,000

Gov ICSEA994

Schools4

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Tarneit - South VIC

House$675,000

Gov ICSEA1,046

Schools3

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Truganina - North VIC

House$672,000

Gov ICSEA1,041

Schools3

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell VIC

House$675,000

Gov ICSEA1,055

Schools3

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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What is the population of Tarneit (Central area)?

29,246 people lived in Tarneit (Central area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of -0.3% over the year. Ripley had 23,459.

How many schools are in Tarneit (Central area)?

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

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