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Moving to Baulkham Hills - East from Melton West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Baulkham Hills - East and Melton West, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton West
VIC · current home
Baulkham Hills - East
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,710
25,268
Annual growth
+0.4%
+0.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,621/wk
$2,389/wk
Overseas born
28.8%
41.9%
Non-English-speaking background
29.2%
43.7%
Children aged 0–14
25.7%
21.9%
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 2
Decile 9
IRSAD score
920
1,106
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
959
1,135
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
999
1,116
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
33
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$637,000
$1.95M
House price YoY
+17.0%
+5.3%
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.
-
$850
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb - not that it has no transport.
40 min
-
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
4
4
Parks nearby
35
20
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW and Victorian crime figures cannot be compared
NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025) and CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026) record crime on different bases - police recording practices differ between states, so a count from one is not comparable to a count from the other. We do not place them side by side.

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 · Melton West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wedge Park Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 848
ICSEA 976
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Melton West (VIC 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 Francis Catholic College
Catholic 1,846 students
ICSEA 1012 intake context
OneSchool Global Vic
Independent 556 students
ICSEA 984 intake context
St Catherine of Siena School
Catholic 522 students
ICSEA 1002 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 · Baulkham Hills - East
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Jasper Rd PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Baulkham Hills - East.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Baulkham Hills - East (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)
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School
Catholic 403 students
ICSEA 1119 intake context
Woodbury
Independent 22 students
ICSEA 1112 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

Baulkham Hills - East's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,135, compared to 959 in Melton West. 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 Baulkham Hills - East 1,116 (2 schools), Melton West 999 (3 schools).

There are 6 schools in Baulkham Hills - East, compared to 8 in Melton West.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 33 in Baulkham Hills - East vs 9 in Melton West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Baulkham Hills - East at 43.7% (vs 29.2% in Melton West).

Baulkham Hills - East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 9, above Melton West's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 206% higher in Baulkham Hills - East ($1.95M vs $637,000).

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Kingsford NSW
House$2.65M
Childcare6
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,140
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 10 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,104
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Castle Hill - Central NSW
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Northmead NSW
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Childcare9
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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