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Moving to Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale from Wallsend - Elermore Vale

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

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Comparing
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · current home
Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,955
23,090
Annual growth
+1.1%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,470/wk
$1,515/wk
Overseas born
14.7%
11.2%
Non-English-speaking background
12.2%
4.1%
Children aged 0–14
16.2%
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
961
966
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
981
974
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,013
1,100
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
23
9
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$988,000
$1.1M
House price YoY
+15.9%
0.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$700
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
1
Parks nearby
41
17
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,350
814
Change vs prior year
+1%
-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 · Wallsend - Elermore Vale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wallsend Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 252
ICSEA 965
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wallsend - Elermore 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)
Alesco Secondary College
Independent 664 students
ICSEA 949 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 323 students
ICSEA 1076 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale (ICSEA 974) and Wallsend - Elermore Vale (981).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale 1,100 (1 school), Wallsend - Elermore Vale 1,013 (2 schools).

There are 4 schools in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale, compared to 7 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale vs 23 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale at 4.1% (vs 12.2% in Wallsend - Elermore Vale).

Median house prices are 11% higher in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale ($1.1M vs $988,000).

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