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Moving to Chester Hill - Sefton from Holsworthy - Wattle Grove

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Chester Hill - Sefton and Holsworthy - Wattle Grove, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Holsworthy - Wattle Grove
NSW · current home
Chester Hill - Sefton
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,386
21,806
Annual growth
+0.2%
+0.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,463/wk
$1,415/wk
Overseas born
30.6%
45.4%
Non-English-speaking background
33.1%
70.3%
Children aged 0–14
21.5%
21.7%
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 8
Decile 2
IRSAD score
1,068
918
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,041
962
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,106
1,018
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
21
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.37M
$1.44M
House price YoY
+9.3%
+8.4%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$740
$730
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
4
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
29
18
Train stations
1
3
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
162
865
Change vs prior year
-1%
-12%

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 · Holsworthy - Wattle Grove
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Holsworthy Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Holsworthy - Wattle Grove.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 563
ICSEA 1100
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Holsworthy - Wattle Grove (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 Mark's Coptic Orthodox College
Independent 896 students
ICSEA 1132 intake context
St Christopher's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 576 students
ICSEA 1080 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 · Chester Hill - Sefton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Chester Hill North Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Chester Hill - Sefton.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 400
ICSEA 950
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Chester Hill - Sefton (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)
Salamah College
Independent 1,353 students
ICSEA 989 intake context
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School
Catholic 337 students
ICSEA 1046 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

Chester Hill - Sefton's government schools have an average ICSEA of 962, compared to 1,041 in Holsworthy - Wattle Grove. 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 Chester Hill - Sefton 1,018 (2 schools), Holsworthy - Wattle Grove 1,106 (2 schools).

There are 8 schools in Chester Hill - Sefton, compared to 6 in Holsworthy - Wattle Grove.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 21 in Chester Hill - Sefton vs 9 in Holsworthy - Wattle Grove.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Chester Hill - Sefton at 70.3% (vs 33.1% in Holsworthy - Wattle Grove).

Chester Hill - Sefton has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Holsworthy - Wattle Grove's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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