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Moving to Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila from Marsden Park - Shanes Park

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila and Marsden Park - Shanes Park, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Marsden Park - Shanes Park
NSW · current home
Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
30,461
14,288
Annual growth
+11.6%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,729/wk
$1,251/wk
Overseas born
52.8%
26.7%
Non-English-speaking background
61.3%
29.7%
Children aged 0–14
29.9%
19.5%
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 10
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,125
885
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,089
922
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,080
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.28M
$919,529
House price YoY
+6.7%
+12.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$698
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
16
10
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
692
697
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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Marsden Park - Shanes Park
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northbourne Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,711
ICSEA 1095
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Marsden Park - Shanes Park (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 Luke's Catholic College (Secondary)
Catholic 940 students
ICSEA 1088 intake context
St Luke's Catholic College (Primary)
Catholic 827 students
ICSEA 1106 intake context
St Luke's Arrunga
Catholic 40 students
ICSEA 1046 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 · 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 government school for the centre of Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila (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

Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila's government schools have an average ICSEA of 922, compared to 1,089 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park. 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 Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila none in this SA2, Marsden Park - Shanes Park 1,080 (3 schools).

There are 5 schools in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, compared to 6 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila vs 13 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila at 29.7% (vs 61.3% in Marsden Park - Shanes Park).

Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Marsden Park - Shanes Park's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 28% lower in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila ($919,529 vs $1.28M).

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