Ripley is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Indigenous Australian country.

[4][5] The historical settlement of Ripley dates back to the mid-1800s as a farming community.

[8] Cityhope Church was built in 1998 by a congregation established in Ipswich in the mid 1960s.

[1] The Ripley area is part of the Brisbane metropolitan western growth corridor project.

[15][16] Once the area is fully developed, the Ripley district 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 nearest government secondary schools are Ripley Valley State Secondary College in South Ripley and Bremer State High School in Ipswich CBD to the north.