Moving to Balgownie - Fairy Meadow from Nowra
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Balgownie - Fairy Meadow and Nowra, 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.
Nowra Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Nowra.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Nowra (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Mt Ousley PS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Balgownie - Fairy Meadow (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,053, compared to 915 in Nowra. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools), Nowra 984 (4 schools).
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 19 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow vs 27 in Nowra.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow at 18.4% (vs 7.7% in Nowra).
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Nowra's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 76% higher in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow ($1.37M vs $780,000).
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Plan the move: Nowra → Balgownie - Fairy Meadow