Move comparison · NSW → VIC

Moving to Beaconsfield - Officer from Merrylands - Holroyd

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Beaconsfield - Officer and Merrylands - Holroyd, side by side - all from public government data.

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Merrylands - Holroyd

NSW · current home

Beaconsfield - Officer

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

27,002

29,524

Annual growth

+4.4%

+4.3%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,461/wk

$2,146/wk

Overseas born

51.1%

30.3%

Non-English-speaking background

70.1%

26.6%

Children aged 0–14

20.4%

23.1%

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 3

Decile 7

IRSAD score

942

1,036

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

948

1,026

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,050

1,063

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.39M

$1M

House price YoY

+6.5%

-5.2%

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.

$750

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.

58 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

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 · Merrylands - Holroyd

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Merrylands Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Sector Government

Years K-6

Students 620

ICSEA 936

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Merrylands - Holroyd (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)

St Margaret Mary's Primary School

Catholic 574 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 · Beaconsfield - Officer

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kurmile Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Beaconsfield - Officer.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 107

ICSEA 1008

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Beaconsfield - Officer (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 Xavier College

Catholic 2,797 students

ICSEA 1043 intake context

St Brigid's School

Catholic 375 students

ICSEA 1082 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

Beaconsfield - Officer's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,026, compared to 948 in Merrylands - Holroyd. 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 Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools), Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school).

There are 10 schools in Beaconsfield - Officer, compared to 6 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Beaconsfield - Officer at 26.6% (vs 70.1% in Merrylands - Holroyd).

Beaconsfield - Officer has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Merrylands - Holroyd's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 28% lower in Beaconsfield - Officer ($1M vs $1.39M).

Similar suburbs near Beaconsfield - Officer

Clyde North - North VIC

House$757,000

Gov ICSEA1,051

Schools4

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Pakenham - North West VIC

House$775,000

Gov ICSEA1,019

Schools3

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Berwick - South East VIC

Gov ICSEA1,059

Schools4

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Berwick - North VIC

House$907,300

Gov ICSEA1,065

Schools7

Childcare35

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Clyde North - South VIC

Gov ICSEA1,031

Schools5

Childcare34

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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