Moving to Balgownie - Fairy Meadow from Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Balgownie - Fairy Meadow and Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale, 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.
Waniora Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale (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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Balgownie - Fairy Meadow (ICSEA 1,053) and Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale (1,054).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools), Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale 1,121 (1 school).
There are 10 schools in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, compared to 8 in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 19 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow vs 14 in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow at 18.4% (vs 6.4% in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale).
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 17% lower in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow ($1.37M vs $1.66M).
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Plan the move: Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale → Balgownie - Fairy Meadow