Moving to Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi from Guildford West - Merrylands West
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi and Guildford West - Merrylands West, 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.
Guildford WPS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Guildford West - Merrylands West.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Guildford West - Merrylands West (NSW catchment data).
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Berkeley Vale Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi has stronger government school academic context than Guildford West - Merrylands West, with an average ICSEA of 980 compared to 949. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi 980 (2 schools), Guildford West - Merrylands West 1,035 (2 schools).
There are 5 schools in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi, compared to 6 in Guildford West - Merrylands West.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi at 4.4% (vs 61.9% in Guildford West - Merrylands West).
Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Guildford West - Merrylands West's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 22% lower in Chittaway Bay - Tumbi Umbi ($1.08M vs $1.39M).
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