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Moving to Blue Haven - San Remo from Warnervale - Wadalba

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Blue Haven - San Remo and Warnervale - Wadalba, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Warnervale - Wadalba
NSW · current home
Blue Haven - San Remo
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,023
11,723
Annual growth
+2.8%
+0.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,022/wk
$1,497/wk
Overseas born
17.0%
9.9%
Non-English-speaking background
10.8%
4.7%
Children aged 0–14
23.8%
22.6%
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 5
Decile 1
IRSAD score
992
886
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
973
916
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,048
843
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
18
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$960,000
$860,000
House price YoY
+12.9%
+9.6%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$650
$630
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
1
Supermarkets nearby
0
2
Parks nearby
20
18
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
115
297
Change vs prior year
+47%
-15%

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 · Warnervale - Wadalba
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Porters Creek Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Warnervale - Wadalba.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 317
ICSEA 988
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Warnervale - Wadalba (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)
MacKillop Catholic College
Catholic 1,558 students
ICSEA 1042 intake context
Lakes Grammar - An Anglican School
Independent 796 students
ICSEA 1054 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 · Blue Haven - San Remo
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Blue Haven Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Blue Haven - San Remo.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 637
ICSEA 927
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Blue Haven - San Remo (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)
The Lakes College
Independent 24 students
ICSEA 843 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.

Honest tradeoff

Blue Haven - San Remo's government schools have an average ICSEA of 916, compared to 973 in Warnervale - Wadalba. 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 Blue Haven - San Remo 843 (1 school), Warnervale - Wadalba 1,048 (2 schools).

There are 4 schools in Blue Haven - San Remo, compared to 6 in Warnervale - Wadalba.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Blue Haven - San Remo vs 18 in Warnervale - Wadalba.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Blue Haven - San Remo at 4.7% (vs 10.8% in Warnervale - Wadalba).

Blue Haven - San Remo has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Warnervale - Wadalba's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 10% lower in Blue Haven - San Remo ($860,000 vs $960,000).

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