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Moving to Dapto - Avondale from Warilla

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Dapto - Avondale and Warilla, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Warilla
NSW · current home
Dapto - Avondale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
20,725
24,842
Annual growth
+0.5%
+0.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,191/wk
$1,445/wk
Overseas born
17.9%
16.4%
Non-English-speaking background
11.4%
7.6%
Children aged 0–14
17.4%
18.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 1
Decile 3
IRSAD score
883
940
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
915
936
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
—
1,038
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
—
27
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$984,000
$905,000
House price YoY
+8.1%
+10.5%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$705
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
2
Supermarkets nearby
2
5
Parks nearby
36
23
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
646
940
Change vs prior year
+16%
+4%

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 · Warilla
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Warilla NPS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Warilla.

Sector Government

This is the zoned in-area government school for Warilla (NSW catchment data).

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

To · Dapto - Avondale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Koonawarra Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dapto - Avondale.

Sector Government
Years P-6
Students 192
ICSEA 838
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Dapto - Avondale (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St John's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 623 students
ICSEA 1038 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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Honest tradeoff

Dapto - Avondale has stronger government school academic context than Warilla, with an average ICSEA of 936 compared to 915. 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 Dapto - Avondale 1,038 (1 school), Warilla none in this SA2.

There are 7 schools in Dapto - Avondale, compared to 8 in Warilla.

Dapto - Avondale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, above Warilla's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 8% lower in Dapto - Avondale ($905,000 vs $984,000).

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