Moving to Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) from Quakers Hill
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Balgownie - Fairy Meadow and Quakers Hill, side by side - all from public government data.
Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) has 22,303 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.6% in a year, a median house price of $1.37M, 10 schools and 18 childcare services. Full Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
Which school is zoned?
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Barnier Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Quakers Hill.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Quakers Hill (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.
Mount Ousley Public School
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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow and Quakers Hill have a similar average ICSEA (1,053 and 1,045) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools), Quakers Hill 1,098 (1 school).
There are 10 schools in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, compared to 5 in Quakers Hill.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 18 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow vs 22 in Quakers Hill.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow at 18.4% (vs 45.8% in Quakers Hill).
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Quakers Hill's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)?
22,303 people lived in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.6% over the year. Quakers Hill had 26,132.
Are houses cheaper in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) than in Quakers Hill?
No. The median house price is $1.37M in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) and $1.35M in Quakers Hill, 1% higher in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area).
How many schools are in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)?
ACARA lists 10 schools in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area), against 5 in Quakers Hill. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Quakers Hill → Balgownie - Fairy Meadow