Ripley is a suburb of Ipswich

Ipswich, Queensland

Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...

, Queensland

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, Australia

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Ripley is the eponym of the valley which the suburb is located within titled Ripley Valley.

Ripley City Development

Ripley in its current form exists as a small community of under 1000 residents. The area is part of the Brisbane

Brisbane

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 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.

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 suburbs and areas within the western growth corridor such as Amberley

Amberley, Queensland

Amberley is a small community located in South East Queensland, south of Ipswich.The origin of the suburb name is from Amberley in the United Kingdom...

, Ebenezer

Ebenezer, Queensland

Ebenezer is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from a Hebrew word meaning rock of faith. - References :...

, New Chum

New Chum, Queensland

New Chum is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia....

, Swanbank

Swanbank, Queensland

Swanbank is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The predominant land usage in Swanbank is industrial. The origin of the suburb name is from a place in Lanark, Scotland called Swanbank. It is named after the home of the Swan family birthplace of granddaughter Catherine, the wife of an early...

, Deebing Heights and Willowbank

Willowbank, Queensland

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with suitable land for new business and industrial developments.

The development is to be the country's largest pre-planned community.