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Moving to Charlestown - Dudley from Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Charlestown - Dudley and Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale
NSW · current home
Charlestown - Dudley
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,090
26,087
Annual growth
+0.3%
+0.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,515/wk
$1,808/wk
Overseas born
11.2%
10.9%
Non-English-speaking background
4.1%
7.1%
Children aged 0–14
19.9%
19.7%
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 4
Decile 6
IRSAD score
966
1,010
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
14
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
974
1,002
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,100
1,062
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
23
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.1M
$1.16M
House price YoY
0.0%
+20.6%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$700
$730
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
1
4
Parks nearby
17
14
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
814
1,183
Change vs prior year
-15%
+1%

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 · Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Brooke Ave PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale (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 Central Coast Montessori Primary School
Independent 66 students
ICSEA 1100 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 · Charlestown - Dudley
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Charlestown Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Charlestown - Dudley.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 234
ICSEA 1037
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Mary's Catholic College
Catholic 989 students
ICSEA 1062 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 361 students
ICSEA 1102 intake context
St Paul's Primary School
Catholic 294 students
ICSEA 1023 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

Charlestown - Dudley's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,002, compared to 974 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale. 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), Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale 1,100 (1 school).

There are 14 schools in Charlestown - Dudley, compared to 4 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 23 in Charlestown - Dudley vs 9 in Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale.

Charlestown - Dudley has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Bateau Bay - Killarney Vale's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 5% higher in Charlestown - Dudley ($1.16M vs $1.1M).

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