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Moving to Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale from East Maitland - Metford

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale and East Maitland - Metford, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
East Maitland - Metford
NSW · current home
Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
18,334
23,090
Annual growth
+0.3%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,590/wk
$1,515/wk
Overseas born
10.5%
11.2%
Non-English-speaking background
7.1%
4.1%
Children aged 0–14
19.0%
19.9%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 4
Decile 4
IRSAD score
956
966
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
9
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
957
974
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,038
1,100
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
20
9
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$871,000
$1.1M
House price YoY
+14.9%
0.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
5
1
Parks nearby
22
17
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,750
814
Change vs prior year
+14%
-15%

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 →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · East Maitland - Metford
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Metford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in East Maitland - Metford.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 265
ICSEA 887
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of East Maitland - Metford (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Hunter Valley Grammar School
Independent 1,161 students
ICSEA 1134 intake context
Maitland Christian School
Independent 832 students
ICSEA 1047 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 449 students
ICSEA 1063 intake context

Fee-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.

To · Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Brooke Ave PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale.

Sector Government

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
The Central Coast Montessori Primary School
Independent 66 students
ICSEA 1100 intake context

Fee-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

Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale's government schools have an average ICSEA of 974, compared to 957 in East Maitland - Metford. 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 Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale 1,100 (1 school), East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools).

There are 4 schools in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale, compared to 9 in East Maitland - Metford.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale vs 20 in East Maitland - Metford.

Median house prices are 26% higher in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale ($1.1M vs $871,000).

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