Move comparison · NSW → NSW

Moving to Berry - Kangaroo Valley from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Berry - Kangaroo Valley and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side - all from public government data.

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Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

NSW · current home

Berry - Kangaroo Valley

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

21,774

9,523

Annual growth

+0.5%

+1.1%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$3,164/wk

$1,429/wk

Overseas born

45.5%

15.9%

Non-English-speaking background

47.5%

3.1%

Children aged 0–14

26.8%

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 10

Decile 7

IRSAD score

1,144

1,031

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,090

1,054

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.59M

$1.62M

House price YoY

+0.4%

+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.

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)

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

173

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 · 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 government school for the centre of Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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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Honest tradeoff

Berry - Kangaroo Valley's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,054, compared to 1,090 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Berry - Kangaroo Valley vs 11 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Berry - Kangaroo Valley at 3.1% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Berry - Kangaroo Valley has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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