Move Planner
Compare two suburbs - schools, childcare, neighbourhood.
Pick your current suburb and where you're considering moving. Get a side-by-side breakdown - schools and catchments, SEIFA, demographics, childcare availability, and property - for both, plus five nearby alternatives to consider.
Or start from a ready-made comparison: Wollert to Highton, Charlemont to Wallan, Kellyville Ridge to Terrigal or every suburb move.
Shaded outlines show the free government school catchment for each suburb (primary), where mapped (VIC, NSW and QLD only).
Pick where you live now and where you're considering above - your comparison will appear here.
Private school fees or a move into a school zone
Compare the fees you would pay with the repayment on the extra loan for a suburb that costs more. Every number below is yours to change.
We publish no school fees - use the figure from the school. Prices filled in for you are published suburb medians, not the price of any one house. The 6% rate and 30-year term are placeholders: enter your own.
Enter both house prices and your yearly fees to see the two monthly amounts side by side.
What this counts. The whole price difference is borrowed, on a principal-and-interest loan at one fixed rate, repaid monthly. Fees stay the same every year.
What it leaves out. Stamp duty, agent, legal and moving costs; changes in interest rates, school fees and house prices; uniforms, levies and other school costs; and the fact that loan repayments also pay off a house you still own, while fees do not.
A government school enrols by home address. Check the zone for the exact address on the school zone map and with the school.
General information only, not financial advice. It does not take your circumstances into account. Talk to a licensed financial adviser or mortgage broker before you decide.
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Data reflects published government statistics. School ICSEA measures academic and socioeconomic context, not school quality. Property data covers VIC and NSW; Queensland is rent only. How we source this data →