Moving to Charlestown - Dudley from Adamstown - Kotara
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Charlestown - Dudley and Adamstown - Kotara, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Belair Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Adamstown - Kotara.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Adamstown - Kotara (NSW 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.
Charlestown Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Charlestown - Dudley.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Charlestown - Dudley (NSW 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.
Charlestown - Dudley's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,002, compared to 1,026 in Adamstown - Kotara. 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 Charlestown - Dudley 1,062 (3 schools), Adamstown - Kotara 1,100 (3 schools).
There are 14 schools in Charlestown - Dudley, compared to 8 in Adamstown - Kotara.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 23 in Charlestown - Dudley vs 15 in Adamstown - Kotara.
Charlestown - Dudley has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Adamstown - Kotara's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 10% lower in Charlestown - Dudley ($1.16M vs $1.28M).
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Plan the move: Adamstown - Kotara → Charlestown - Dudley