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Moving to Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · current home
Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
21,774
14,288
Annual growth
+0.5%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,164/wk
$1,251/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
26.7%
Non-English-speaking background
47.5%
29.7%
Children aged 0–14
26.8%
19.5%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 10
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,144
885
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
922
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
5
4
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.63M
$885,000
House price YoY
+3.9%
+14.1%
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.
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$673
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
25
10
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
171
694
Change vs prior year
-7%
-6%

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 · Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

John Palmer Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 950
ICSEA 1125
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data).

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To · Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Berkeley Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 259
ICSEA 926
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila (NSW catchment data).

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Honest tradeoff

Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila has weaker government school academic context than Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, with an average ICSEA of 922 compared to 1,090. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

There are 5 schools in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 4 in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila vs 5 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila at 29.7% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 46% lower in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila ($885,000 vs $1.63M).

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