Moving to Albion Park - Macquarie Pass from Shellharbour - Flinders
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Albion Park - Macquarie Pass and Shellharbour - Flinders, 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.
Shell Cove Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Shellharbour - Flinders.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Shellharbour - Flinders (NSW catchment data).
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Albion Park Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Albion Park - Macquarie Pass.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Albion Park - Macquarie Pass (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Albion Park - Macquarie Pass has weaker government school academic context than Shellharbour - Flinders, with an average ICSEA of 981 compared to 1,017. 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 Albion Park - Macquarie Pass 1,041 (3 schools), Shellharbour - Flinders 1,075 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Albion Park - Macquarie Pass, compared to 6 in Shellharbour - Flinders.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Albion Park - Macquarie Pass at 6.8% (vs 12.5% in Shellharbour - Flinders).
Albion Park - Macquarie Pass has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Shellharbour - Flinders's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 21% lower in Albion Park - Macquarie Pass ($923,000 vs $1.17M).
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Plan the move: Shellharbour - Flinders → Albion Park - Macquarie Pass