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Moving to Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · current home
Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,774
23,090
Annual growth
+0.5%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,164/wk
$1,515/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
11.2%
Non-English-speaking background
47.5%
4.1%
Children aged 0–14
26.8%
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 10
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,144
966
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
974
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,100
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
11
9
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.59M
$1.1M
House price YoY
+0.4%
0.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.
-
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
1
Parks nearby
25
17
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
173
814
Change vs prior year
-5%
-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 · Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

John Palmer Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 950
ICSEA 1125
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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 1,090 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds. 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), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.

There are 4 schools in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale vs 11 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale at 4.1% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 31% lower in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale ($1.1M vs $1.59M).

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