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Moving to Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale from Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale and Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
NSW · current home
Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
19,954
23,090
Annual growth
+3.3%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,835/wk
$1,515/wk
Overseas born
9.2%
11.2%
Non-English-speaking background
5.9%
4.1%
Children aged 0–14
23.0%
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
955
966
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
940
974
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,003
1,100
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
9
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$851,000
$1.1M
House price YoY
+13.8%
0.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
4
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
1
Parks nearby
10
17
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
814
Change vs prior year
-
-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 · Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Rutherford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,007
ICSEA 933
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn (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)
St Joseph's College
Catholic 973 students
ICSEA 996 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 577 students
ICSEA 1009 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 940 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn. 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), Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn 1,003 (2 schools).

There are 4 schools in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale, compared to 5 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale vs 6 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Median house prices are 29% higher in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale ($1.1M vs $851,000).

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