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Moving to Bathurst - West from Quakers Hill

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bathurst - West and Quakers Hill, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Quakers Hill
NSW · current home
Bathurst - West
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
26,132
14,965
Annual growth
+0.5%
+0.9%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,400/wk
$1,788/wk
Overseas born
43.7%
8.9%
Non-English-speaking background
45.8%
5.1%
Children aged 0–14
23.2%
21.4%
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 8
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,057
982
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,045
957
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,098
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
22
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.35M
$750,000
House price YoY
+2.3%
+4.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$700
$560
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
1
Parks nearby
33
30
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
844
1,915
Change vs prior year
-8%
+5%

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 · Quakers Hill
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Barnier Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Quakers Hill.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 788
ICSEA 1078
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Quakers Hill (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)
Mary Immaculate Primary School
Catholic 598 students
ICSEA 1098 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 · Bathurst - West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Bathurst West Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bathurst - West.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 515
ICSEA 927
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Bathurst - West's government schools have an average ICSEA of 957, compared to 1,045 in Quakers Hill. 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 - West none in this SA2, Quakers Hill 1,098 (1 school).

There are 2 schools in Bathurst - West, compared to 5 in Quakers Hill.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Bathurst - West vs 22 in Quakers Hill.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Bathurst - West at 5.1% (vs 45.8% in Quakers Hill).

Bathurst - West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Quakers Hill's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 44% lower in Bathurst - West ($750,000 vs $1.35M).

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