Moving to Bathurst Surrounds from Bathurst (East area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bathurst Surrounds and Bathurst - East, side by side - all from public government data.
Bathurst Surrounds has 7,094 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.6% in a year, a median house price of $750,000, 7 schools and 1 childcare service. Full Bathurst Surrounds 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.
Kelso Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bathurst - East.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bathurst - East (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.
Bathurst West Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bathurst Surrounds.
The government catchment school for parts of Bathurst Surrounds is Bathurst West Public School - just outside the suburb boundary (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Honest tradeoff
Bathurst Surrounds's government schools have an average ICSEA of 977, compared to 924 in Bathurst - East. 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 Bathurst Surrounds none in this SA2, Bathurst - East 1,058 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Bathurst Surrounds, compared to 5 in Bathurst - East.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 1 in Bathurst Surrounds vs 5 in Bathurst - East.
Bathurst Surrounds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Bathurst - East's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Bathurst Surrounds?
7,094 people lived in Bathurst Surrounds at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.6% over the year. Bathurst (East area) had 13,565.
Are houses cheaper in Bathurst Surrounds than in Bathurst (East area)?
Median house prices are about the same: $750,000 in Bathurst Surrounds and $750,000 in Bathurst (East area).
How many schools are in Bathurst Surrounds?
ACARA lists 7 schools in Bathurst Surrounds, against 5 in Bathurst (East area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Bathurst - East → Bathurst Surrounds