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Moving to Berry - Kangaroo Valley from Nowra

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

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Comparing
Nowra
NSW · current home
Berry - Kangaroo Valley
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,716
9,523
Annual growth
+0.2%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,304/wk
$1,429/wk
Overseas born
12.3%
15.9%
Non-English-speaking background
7.7%
3.1%
Children aged 0–14
19.8%
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 2
Decile 7
IRSAD score
900
1,031
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
915
1,054
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
984
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
27
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$780,000
$1.62M
House price YoY
+9.1%
+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.
$570
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
3
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
24
21
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
3,120
117
Change vs prior year
+2%
+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 · Nowra
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Nowra Public School

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

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 517
ICSEA 904
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Nowra (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 the Evangelist Catholic High School
Catholic 935 students
ICSEA 1028 intake context
Nowra Christian School
Independent 572 students
ICSEA 1033 intake context
St Michael's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 537 students
ICSEA 994 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 915 in Nowra. 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, Nowra 984 (4 schools).

There are 3 schools in Berry - Kangaroo Valley, compared to 10 in Nowra.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Berry - Kangaroo Valley vs 27 in Nowra.

Berry - Kangaroo Valley has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Nowra's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 107% higher in Berry - Kangaroo Valley ($1.62M vs $780,000).

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