Ripplebrook VIC 3818
128 addresses · 14 streets
Monash Electorate › Baw Baw LGA › Ripplebrook · 82 km from Melbourne
Living Here
Ripplebrook is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 268 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,604 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 80% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Drouin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Ripplebrook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
Getting around. Train station: Drouin, 10.4 km north-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 17.4% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Unemployment 1.4% · Labour-force participation 66%
Population by age in Ripplebrook
| 0-4 | 18 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 40 |
| 15-19 | 23 |
| 20-24 | 13 |
| 25-34 | 25 |
| 35-44 | 30 |
| 45-54 | 35 |
| 55-64 | 30 |
| 65-74 | 39 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Ripplebrook
| House | 92 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Ripplebrook
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 30 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 32 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Ripplebrook
| Australian | 119 |
|---|---|
| English | 116 |
| Irish | 23 |
| Scottish | 22 |
| Ancestry NS | 19 |
| Italian | 11 |
Housing tenure in Ripplebrook
| Owned | 37 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 11 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Ripplebrook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 19 |
| 4+ | 21 |
Commute to work in Ripplebrook
| Car | 80 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 31 |
Top countries of birth in Ripplebrook
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| Mauritius | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
1,738 bird observations recorded near Ripplebrook — most often seen:
- Southern Victoria Australian Magpie (101)
- Grey Fantail (99)
- Eurasian Blackbird (93)
- Common Starling (89)
- Noisy Miner (88)
- Crimson Rosella (87)
- Little Wattlebird (87)
- Eastern Rosella (86)
- Little Raven (84)
- Magpie-lark (75)
- Galah (64)
- Red Wattlebird (61)
- Superb Fairy-wren (61)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Ripplebrook
- Brown Thornbill (58)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (55)
- Australian Magpie (54)
- Eastern Spinebill (46)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (41)
- Pied Currawong (41)
- Australian Wood Duck (40)
- Common Myna (40)
- Pacific Black Duck (38)
- Laughing Kookaburra (35)
- Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (34)
- Straw-necked Ibis (33)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (31)
- Welcome Swallow (31)
- White-faced Heron (30)
- Australian Shelduck (28)
- Crested Pigeon (28)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Ripplebrook:
- Modella (4.4 km)
- Athlone (5.1 km)
- Drouin South (5.2 km)
- Heath Hill (7.2 km)
- Iona (8.7 km)
- Hallora (9.2 km)
- Longwarry (9.5 km)
- Lardner (10 km)
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Streets
- Coster Road (11)
- Drouin-korumburra Road (1)
- Gardner And Holman Road (6)
- Hanley Road (2)
- Invermay Road W (3)
- Jagoe Road (3)
- Lewis Road (10)
- Lye And Dixon Road (15)
- Murray Road (1)
- North Yannathan Road (7)
- Preston Road (5)
- Tolley Road (12)
- Wates Road (1)
- Westernport Road (51)