Moving to Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi from Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi and Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, side by side - all from public government data.
Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi has 16,704 people (ABS, June 2025), +1.3% in a year, a median house price of $1.43M, 8 schools and 12 childcare services. Full Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Mount Ousley Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
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.
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.
Corrimal Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi.
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.
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.
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 18 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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What is the population of Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi?
16,704 people lived in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +1.3% over the year. Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) had 22,303.
Are houses cheaper in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi than in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)?
No. The median house price is $1.43M in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi and $1.37M in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area), 5% higher in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi.
How many schools are in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi?
ACARA lists 8 schools in Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi, against 10 in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Balgownie - Fairy Meadow → Corrimal - Tarrawanna - Bellambi