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Moving to Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila from Warilla

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

Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila has 14,288 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.3% in a year, a median house price of $919,529, 5 schools and 5 childcare services. Full Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila suburb profile.

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Warilla

NSW · current home

Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

20,725

14,288

Annual growth

+0.5%

+0.3%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,191/wk

$1,251/wk

Overseas born

17.9%

26.7%

Non-English-speaking background

11.4%

29.7%

Children aged 0–14

17.4%

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 1

IRSAD score

883

885

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

915

922

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW; QLD rent only

Median house price

$995,000

$919,529

House price YoY

+6.4%

+12.9%

Median 3-bed house rent /wk

$700

$698

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

GPs nearby

None mapped

Supermarkets nearby

None mapped

Parks nearby

Train stations

None mapped

Crime & safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)

660

697

Change vs prior year

+17%

-5%

Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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: Warilla

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Warilla North Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Warilla.

Sector Government

Years K-6

Students 167

ICSEA 872

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

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Warilla (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

See the catchment on the map

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 + QLD 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.

See the catchment on the map

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Government schools in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila and Warilla have a similar average ICSEA (922 and 915) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.

There are 5 schools in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, compared to 8 in Warilla.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila vs 11 in Warilla.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila at 29.7% (vs 11.4% in Warilla).

Median house prices are 8% lower in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila ($919,529 vs $995,000).

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What is the population of Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila?

14,288 people lived in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.3% over the year. Warilla had 20,725.

Are houses cheaper in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila than in Warilla?

Yes. The median house price is $919,529 in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila and $995,000 in Warilla, 8% lower in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila.

How many schools are in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila?

ACARA lists 5 schools in Berkeley - Lake Heights - Cringila, against 8 in Warilla. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".

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