Moving to Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area) from Chittaway Bay (Tumbi Umbi area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale and Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi, side by side - all from public government data.
Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area) has 23,090 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.3% in a year, a median house price of $1.1M, 4 schools and 9 childcare services. Full Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale 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.
Berkeley Vale Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi (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.
Brooke Avenue Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale (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 Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale and Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi have a similar average ICSEA (974 and 980) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale 1,100 (1 school), Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi 980 (2 schools).
There are 4 schools in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale, compared to 5 in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale vs 11 in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi.
Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area)?
23,090 people lived in Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.3% over the year. Chittaway Bay (Tumbi Umbi area) had 16,559.
Are houses cheaper in Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area) than in Chittaway Bay (Tumbi Umbi area)?
Median house prices are about the same: $1.1M in Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area) and $1.1M in Chittaway Bay (Tumbi Umbi area).
How many schools are in Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area)?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Bateau Bay (Killarney Vale area), against 5 in Chittaway Bay (Tumbi Umbi area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi → Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale