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Moving to Baulkham Hills - East from Shellharbour - Flinders

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

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Comparing
Shellharbour - Flinders
NSW · current home
Baulkham Hills - East
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
20,964
25,268
Annual growth
+2.3%
+0.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,127/wk
$2,389/wk
Overseas born
16.1%
41.9%
Non-English-speaking background
12.5%
43.7%
Children aged 0–14
20.0%
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 7
Decile 9
IRSAD score
1,034
1,106
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,017
1,135
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,075
1,116
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
33
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.27M
$1.95M
House price YoY
+9.7%
+5.3%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$850
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
4
Parks nearby
51
20
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
301
698
Change vs prior year
-9%
+2%

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 · Shellharbour - Flinders
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Shell Cove Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Shellharbour - Flinders.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 463
ICSEA 1049
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Shellharbour - Flinders (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)
Shellharbour Anglican College
Independent 981 students
ICSEA 1099 intake context
Stella Maris Catholic Primary School
Catholic 405 students
ICSEA 1050 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 1,017 in Shellharbour - Flinders. 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), Shellharbour - Flinders 1,075 (2 schools).

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 33 in Baulkham Hills - East vs 17 in Shellharbour - Flinders.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Baulkham Hills - East at 43.7% (vs 12.5% in Shellharbour - Flinders).

Baulkham Hills - East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 9, above Shellharbour - Flinders's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 53% higher in Baulkham Hills - East ($1.95M vs $1.27M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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