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Moving to Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila from Unanderra - Mount Kembla

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila and Unanderra - Mount Kembla, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Unanderra - Mount Kembla
NSW · current home
Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
15,414
14,288
Annual growth
+0.3%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,920/wk
$1,251/wk
Overseas born
19.7%
26.7%
Non-English-speaking background
15.7%
29.7%
Children aged 0–14
18.0%
19.5%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,003
885
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,001
922
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,029
—
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
12
4
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.06M
$885,000
House price YoY
+7.1%
+14.1%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$720
$673
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
0
Parks nearby
12
10
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
747
694
Change vs prior year
-11%
-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 · Unanderra - Mount Kembla
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Unanderra Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Unanderra - Mount Kembla.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 348
ICSEA 992
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Unanderra - Mount Kembla (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Illawarra Christian School
Independent 800 students
ICSEA 1091 intake context
Cedars Christian College
Independent 661 students
ICSEA 1067 intake context
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Catholic 371 students
ICSEA 1066 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 in-area government school for Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila (NSW catchment data).

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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 has weaker government school academic context than Unanderra - Mount Kembla, with an average ICSEA of 922 compared to 1,001. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila none in this SA2, Unanderra - Mount Kembla 1,029 (5 schools).

There are 5 schools in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, compared to 8 in Unanderra - Mount Kembla.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 4 in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila vs 12 in Unanderra - Mount Kembla.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila at 29.7% (vs 15.7% in Unanderra - Mount Kembla).

Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Unanderra - Mount Kembla's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 17% lower in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila ($885,000 vs $1.06M).

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