Moving to Adamstown - Kotara from Charlestown - Dudley
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Adamstown - Kotara and Charlestown - Dudley, side by side — all from public government data.
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Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area — side by side, never a blended average.
Charlestown Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Charlestown - Dudley.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Charlestown - Dudley (NSW catchment data).
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Belair Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Adamstown - Kotara.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Adamstown - Kotara (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Adamstown - Kotara has stronger government school academic context than Charlestown - Dudley, with an average ICSEA of 1,026 compared to 1,002. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Adamstown - Kotara 1,100 (3 schools), Charlestown - Dudley 1,062 (3 schools).
There are 8 schools in Adamstown - Kotara, compared to 14 in Charlestown - Dudley.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 19 in Adamstown - Kotara vs 34 in Charlestown - Dudley.
Adamstown - Kotara has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Charlestown - Dudley's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 9% higher in Adamstown - Kotara ($1.22M vs $1.11M).
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Plan the move: Charlestown - Dudley → Adamstown - Kotara