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Moving to Berry - Kangaroo Valley from Dapto - Avondale

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Berry - Kangaroo Valley and Dapto - Avondale, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Dapto - Avondale
NSW · current home
Berry - Kangaroo Valley
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
24,842
9,523
Annual growth
+0.2%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,445/wk
$1,429/wk
Overseas born
16.4%
15.9%
Non-English-speaking background
7.6%
3.1%
Children aged 0–14
18.2%
13.8%
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
940
1,031
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
936
1,054
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,038
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
23
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$970,000
$1.62M
House price YoY
+15.5%
+4.3%
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.
$680
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
3
Supermarkets nearby
5
2
Parks nearby
23
21
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
945
117
Change vs prior year
+5%
+4%

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 · Dapto - Avondale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Koonawarra Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dapto - Avondale.

Sector Government
Years P-6
Students 192
ICSEA 838
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Dapto - Avondale (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 John's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 623 students
ICSEA 1038 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 · Berry - Kangaroo Valley
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Berry Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Berry - Kangaroo Valley.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 268
ICSEA 1067
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Berry - Kangaroo Valley (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

Berry - Kangaroo Valley's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,054, compared to 936 in Dapto - Avondale. 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 Berry - Kangaroo Valley none in this SA2, Dapto - Avondale 1,038 (1 school).

There are 3 schools in Berry - Kangaroo Valley, compared to 7 in Dapto - Avondale.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Berry - Kangaroo Valley vs 23 in Dapto - Avondale.

Berry - Kangaroo Valley has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Dapto - Avondale's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 67% higher in Berry - Kangaroo Valley ($1.62M vs $970,000).

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