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Moving to Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi from Balgownie - Fairy Meadow

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi and Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow
NSW · current home
Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,303
16,704
Annual growth
+0.6%
+1.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,635/wk
$1,431/wk
Overseas born
22.0%
18.5%
Non-English-speaking background
18.4%
12.6%
Children aged 0–14
16.4%
17.4%
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 6
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,012
964
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,053
958
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,028
1,053
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
19
12
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.37M
$1.43M
House price YoY
+7.5%
+6.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$795
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
1
2
Parks nearby
30
26
Train stations
2
2
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
175
582
Change vs prior year
+8%
+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 · Balgownie - Fairy Meadow
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Ousley PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Balgownie - Fairy Meadow (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)
Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School
Catholic 335 students
ICSEA 1081 intake context
Elonera Montessori School
Independent 187 students
ICSEA 1108 intake context
Wollongong Flexible School
Independent 71 students
ICSEA 895 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 · Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Corrimal Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 227
ICSEA 1013
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi (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)
Holy Spirit College
Catholic 1,249 students
ICSEA 1069 intake context
St Columbkille's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 339 students
ICSEA 1073 intake context
Aspect South Coast School
Independent 129 students
ICSEA 1017 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

Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi's government schools have an average ICSEA of 958, compared to 1,053 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow. 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 Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi 1,053 (3 schools), Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools).

There are 8 schools in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi, compared to 10 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi vs 19 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi at 12.6% (vs 18.4% in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow).

Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Balgownie - Fairy Meadow's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 2 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Childcare13
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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