Moving to Boronia Heights (Park Ridge area) from Kellyville Ridge (The Ponds area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Boronia Heights - Park Ridge and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side - all from public government data.
Boronia Heights (Park Ridge area) has 27,073 people (ABS, June 2025), +5.6% in a year, 6 schools and 22 childcare services. Full Boronia Heights (Park Ridge area) suburb profile.
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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.
John Palmer Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
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.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Park Ridge State School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Boronia Heights - Park Ridge (QLD catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge's government schools have an average ICSEA of 966, 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.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Boronia Heights - Park Ridge 1,055 (2 schools), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.
There are 6 schools in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge vs 12 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Boronia Heights - Park Ridge at 24.0% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Boronia Heights (Park Ridge area)?
27,073 people lived in Boronia Heights (Park Ridge area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +5.6% over the year. Kellyville Ridge (The Ponds area) had 21,774.
How many schools are in Boronia Heights (Park Ridge area)?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Boronia Heights (Park Ridge area), against 3 in Kellyville Ridge (The Ponds area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds → Boronia Heights - Park Ridge