Moving to Balgownie - Fairy Meadow from Schofields - East
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Balgownie - Fairy Meadow and Schofields - East, 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.
Riverbank Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Schofields - East.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Schofields - East (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.
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 1,107 in Schofields - East. 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), Schofields - East 1,106 (3 schools).
There are 10 schools in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, compared to 8 in Schofields - East.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow at 18.4% (vs 60.5% in Schofields - East).
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Schofields - East's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: Schofields - East → Balgownie - Fairy Meadow