Ropeley vs Woodlands

Ropeley is the younger of the two, with a median age of 45 against 50 in Woodlands. In both, the large majority of households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Ropeley, most households are couple families. In Woodlands, about half of households are couple families. On these figures, Woodlands tends to suit people living alone.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Ropeley

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more separate houses rather than flats (103% vs 83%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Woodlands

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 29%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Ropeley

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($280/wk vs $330/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Woodlands

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (81 min vs 90 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (95.5 km vs 105.9 km)
  • But Ropeley is more walkable (13/100 vs 4/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Ropeley is more walkable (13/100 vs 4/100)
  • Woodlands has more units and townhouses to downsize into (17% vs 7%)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Ropeley and Woodlands drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Ropeley Woodlands
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Ropeley Woodlands
Walkability 13 / 4
Ropeley — Walkability: 13/100 Woodlands — Walkability: 4/100
Safety 76 / 80
Ropeley — Safety: 76/100 Woodlands — Safety: 80/100
Low fire risk 100 / 47
Ropeley — Low fire risk: 100/100 Woodlands — Low fire risk: 47/100

Demographics

Ropeley has more residents (206 vs 119); Woodlands rents higher ($330/wk vs $280/wk).

Ropeley Woodlands
Population 206
+42% vs other
 119
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +6.2% +9.2%
Median age 45 50
Median household income $77,012/yr $87,724/yr
+14% vs other
Median weekly rent $280/wk $330/wk
+18% vs other

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Ropeley Woodlands
0-4 4.9% / 3.4%
Ropeley — 0-4: 4.9% Woodlands — 0-4: 3.4%
5-14 12.1% / 15.1%
Ropeley — 5-14: 12.1% Woodlands — 5-14: 15.1%
15-19 5.8% / 2.5%
Ropeley — 15-19: 5.8% Woodlands — 15-19: 2.5%
20-24 5.3% / 3.4%
Ropeley — 20-24: 5.3% Woodlands — 20-24: 3.4%
25-34 11.2% / 4.2%
Ropeley — 25-34: 11.2% Woodlands — 25-34: 4.2%
35-44 11.7% / 10.9%
Ropeley — 35-44: 11.7% Woodlands — 35-44: 10.9%
45-54 19.4% / 23.5%
Ropeley — 45-54: 19.4% Woodlands — 45-54: 23.5%
55-64 17.0% / 14.3%
Ropeley — 55-64: 17.0% Woodlands — 55-64: 14.3%
65-74 8.7% / 12.6%
Ropeley — 65-74: 8.7% Woodlands — 65-74: 12.6%
75-84 7.3% / 4.2%
Ropeley — 75-84: 7.3% Woodlands — 75-84: 4.2%
85+ — / —
Ropeley — 85+: not among its largest Woodlands — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.5%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Ropeley 56.9% couple families
Ropeley — Couple Families: 56.9% Ropeley — Lone Person: 21.6% Ropeley — One Parent Families: 11.8% Ropeley — Other Families: 9.8%
Woodlands 51.9% couple families
Woodlands — Couple Families: 51.9% Woodlands — Lone Person: 33.3% Woodlands — One Parent Families: 14.8% Woodlands — Other Families: 0.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Ropeley 13.2% renting
Ropeley — Owned Outright: 43.4% Ropeley — Mortgage: 43.4% Ropeley — Renting: 13.2%
Woodlands 8.5% renting
Woodlands — Owned Outright: 38.3% Woodlands — Mortgage: 53.2% Woodlands — Renting: 8.5%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Ropeley Woodlands
New Zealand 1.9% / 7.6%
Ropeley — New Zealand: 1.9% Woodlands — New Zealand: 7.6%
England 1.5% / 5.0%
Ropeley — England: 1.5% Woodlands — England: 5.0%
Scotland 2.9% / —
Ropeley — Scotland: 2.9% Woodlands — Scotland: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.6%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Ropeley Woodlands
Certificate III & IV 16.5% / 17.6%
Ropeley — Certificate III & IV: 16.5% Woodlands — Certificate III & IV: 17.6%
Bachelor Degree 6.8% / 14.3%
Ropeley — Bachelor Degree: 6.8% Woodlands — Bachelor Degree: 14.3%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.3% / 9.2%
Ropeley — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.3% Woodlands — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.2%
Postgraduate Degree — / 5.0%
Ropeley — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Woodlands — Postgraduate Degree: 5.0%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 4.2%
Ropeley — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Woodlands — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.6%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Ropeley 102.7% houses
Ropeley — Houses: 102.7% Ropeley — Townhouses: 6.8% Ropeley — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Woodlands 82.9% houses
Woodlands — Houses: 82.9% Woodlands — Townhouses: 14.6% Woodlands — Flats / Apartments: 2.4%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Development activity

Ropeley Woodlands
New dwellings approved 352
across Lockyer Valley
same for both
Approvals change year on year +103%
same for both

Ranking within QLD

Ropeley Woodlands
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 48% of QLD Higher than 61% of QLD
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 74% of QLD Higher than 67% of QLD
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 33% of QLD
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 53% of QLD Higher than 68% of QLD

Liveability

Ropeley is more walkable (13 vs 4).

Ropeley Woodlands
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band advantaged area
decile 7/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10

Risk profile

Woodlands carries more bushfire risk (53 vs 0).

Ropeley Woodlands
Bushfire None
0/100
 Moderate
53/100
Crime Low
24/100
 Low
20/100
Flood Not mapped
no mapped data here
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Ropeley Woodlands
Inside the suburb 1 0
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Ropeley

  • Ropeley State School Government · Primary

Schools in Woodlands

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Amenities in the suburb

Ropeley Woodlands
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Ropeley sits further from the CBD (105.9 km vs 95.5 km).

Ropeley Woodlands
Walkability score 13/100 4/100
Distance to Brisbane 105.9 km
+10% vs other
 95.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 90 min 81 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 4343
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 83
postcode 4343
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Ropeley Woodlands
Car (driver) 82.5% / 84.3%
Ropeley — Car (driver): 82.5% Woodlands — Car (driver): 84.3%
Worked from Home 13.8% / 15.7%
Ropeley — Worked from Home: 13.8% Woodlands — Worked from Home: 15.7%
Car (passenger) 3.8% / —
Ropeley — Car (passenger): 3.8% Woodlands — Car (passenger): not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (84.3%).

Setting

Ropeley Woodlands
Elevation 164 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 152 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Ropeley Woodlands
Connectivity score 30/100 39/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
91 premises
 0%
58 premises

Climate

Ropeley Woodlands
Annual rainfall 697 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.9°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.1°C
same for both

Air quality (annual mean)

Ropeley Woodlands
PM2.5 2.4 µg/m³
same for both
PM10 3.8 µg/m³
same for both
NO₂ —
same for both

Council rates

Ropeley Woodlands
Average residential rate $1,952/yr
same for both
Council Lockyer Valley
same for both

Federal electorate

Ropeley Woodlands
Division Wright
same for both
Member Scott Buchholz
same for both
Party Liberal National Party of Queensland
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Ropeley Woodlands
Grant amount $30,000
same for both
Property price cap $750,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Ropeley

Rural

Woodlands

Rural

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