Ripley, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Ripley
city = Ipswich
state = qld


caption =
lga = City of Ipswich
postcode = 4306
pop = 878 (2006)
pop_footnotes = [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ProductSelect?newproducttype=QuickStats&btnSelectProduct=View+QuickStats+%3E&collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC31451&geography=&method=&productlabel=&producttype=&topic=&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&breadcrumb=LP&topholder=0&leftholder=0&currentaction=201&action=401&textversion=false 2006 Census QuickStats : Ripley (Ipswich City) (State Suburb) ] ]
area =
dist1 = 41
location1= Brisbane
dist2 = 8
location2= Ipswich
fedgov = Blair
stategov = Ipswich
Bundamba
near-nw = Flinders View
near-n = Flinders View
near-ne = Swanbank
near-w = Deebing Heights
near-e = Swanbank
near-sw = Deebing Heights
near-s = South Ripley
near-se = South Ripley

Ripley is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

Ripley is the eponym of the valley which the suburb is located within titled Ripley Valley. [ [http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/property/placenames/detail.php?id=44029 Place name details ] ]

Ripley City Development

Ripley in its current form exists as a small community of under 1000 residents. The area is part of the Brisbane metropolitan western growth corridor project. The development is in response to the local and state governments solicitation for land releases to alleviate expected and forecasted population growth from the general population growth of the existing communities as well as growth from interstate and overseas migration. [ [http://www.qldgroup.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=94 Ripley Valley - The Western Corridor ] ] [ [http://elecpress.monash.edu.au/pnp/free/pnpv6n4/barker.html Barker, R - People and Place Vol 6 No 4 ] ]

Once the area is fully developed, Ripley is expected to have a population of 120,000 people with an estimated 50,000 residential dwellings. The city development will provide employment with 200,000 job positions estimated. The Ripley development takes advantage of the undeveloped suburbs and areas within the western growth corridor such as Amberley, Ebenezer, New Chum, Swanbank and Willowbank with suitable land for new business and industrial developments. [ [http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/business/planning/planning_projects/ripley_valley/ Ipswich City Council - Ripley Valley ] ]

The development is to be the country's largest pre-planned community. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/05/25/1932806.htm Ipswich council unveils major pre-planned community project - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ] ]

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