Ringwood Heights Primary School

Ringwood North is a middle-income, family-oriented suburb with a median weekly household income of $2,330 and a median age of 43 citation:2021 Ringwood North QuickStats. The area is predominantly composed of houses (98.3%) with above-average rates of outright home ownership, indicating a stable, settled community citation:AreaSearch Ringwood North. Families are common, with an average of 1.8 children per family and 2.8 people per household citation:2021 Ringwood North QuickStats.

The most common foreign country of birth for Ringwood North residents is not specified in the available sources. However, 53.3% of people had both parents born in Australia (2016 data), suggesting a predominantly Australian-born population with a significant minority of overseas-born families citation:2016 Ringwood North QuickStats. The exact percentage for the top overseas country is not found in the provided context.

Ringwood Heights Primary School’s Outside School Hours Care is provided by Kelly Club, which operates before and after school care aligned with the school’s values citation:OHSC page. Specific operating hours are not detailed in the provided sources, but the program is described as an extension of the school.

Ringwood Heights Primary School offers several named extracurricular activities, including the **Breakfast Club** (run by senior students), a **school choir** (rehearsing Tuesday mornings, performing at assemblies and events), and **instrumental lessons** in keyboard, guitar, and saxophone citation:Specialist Learning citation:Our School. Lunchtime sporting clubs also rotate each term based on student interests.

Ringwood North has a suburban, family-friendly feel with extensive parks and bushland. For specialty groceries, families can visit **Soon Lee Asian Grocery** at 103 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood, offering a wide range of Asian ingredients citation:Soon Lee. Another option is **Crown Asian Supermarket** inside Eastland Shopping Centre, providing authentic Asian groceries and spices citation:Crown Asian.

For casual family takeaway in Ringwood North, try **North Ringwood Fish & Chips** (186 Warrandyte Rd) for classic fish and chips citation:Take Away Food. **999 Noodle House** (Shop 15/204 Warrandyte Rd) offers Chinese and Asian noodle dishes. **Goldies BBQ Chicken & Gourmet Salads** (Shop 9 Oban Road, North Ringwood Shopping Centre) provides BBQ chicken and salads for a quick meal.

Two specific tutoring centres near Ringwood North are **NRICH Learning** (Ringwood flagship centre) offering small-group maths and English tuition for primary to VCE students citation:NRICH Learning. **Kip McGrath Ringwood** (2 Murray Place, Ringwood) provides personalised English and maths tutoring with qualified teachers, including support for dyslexia and ADHD citation:Kip McGrath.

Ringwood North is served by **Ringwood Station** on the **Belgrave/Lilydale line**. The train journey from Ringwood Station to Flinders Street Station in the Melbourne CBD takes approximately **42 minutes**, with trains running every 15 minutes on weekdays citation:Rome2rio Ringwood to Flinders citation:Metro Trains.