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Moving to Doonside - Woodcroft from Schofields - East

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Doonside - Woodcroft and Schofields - East, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Schofields - East
NSW · current home
Doonside - Woodcroft
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
38,569
23,958
Annual growth
+7.4%
+0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,682/wk
$2,004/wk
Overseas born
54.0%
50.1%
Non-English-speaking background
60.5%
56.3%
Children aged 0–14
28.0%
20.0%
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 10
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,130
978
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,107
935
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,106
1,062
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
19
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.38M
$1.1M
House price YoY
+7.6%
-2.5%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$745
$650
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
15
24
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
564
1,114
Change vs prior year
-5%
-9%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Schofields - East
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Riverbank Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Schofields - East.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 2,030
ICSEA 1141
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Schofields - East (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)
Rouse Hill Anglican College
Independent 1,578 students
ICSEA 1137 intake context
St John Paul II Catholic College
Catholic 1,159 students
ICSEA 1074 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 724 students
ICSEA 1108 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 · Doonside - Woodcroft
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Doonside - Woodcroft

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Doonside High School Government · 715 students
ICSEA 917
Crawford Public School Government · 387 students
ICSEA 914
Marayong South Public School Government · 286 students
ICSEA 1010
Doonside Public School Government · 258 students
ICSEA 900

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) - not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Mountain View Adventist College
Independent 592 students
ICSEA 1041 intake context
St John Vianney's Primary School
Catholic 348 students
ICSEA 1083 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

Doonside - Woodcroft's government schools have an average ICSEA of 935, compared to 1,107 in Schofields - East. 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 Doonside - Woodcroft 1,062 (2 schools), Schofields - East 1,106 (3 schools).

There are 6 schools in Doonside - Woodcroft, compared to 8 in Schofields - East.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Doonside - Woodcroft vs 19 in Schofields - East.

Doonside - Woodcroft has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Schofields - East's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 20% lower in Doonside - Woodcroft ($1.1M vs $1.38M).

Similar suburbs near Doonside - Woodcroft
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Gov ICSEA1,018
Schools5
Childcare9
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Blacktown - West NSW
House$1.28M
Gov ICSEA975
Schools5
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Glendenning - Dean Park NSW
Gov ICSEA1,010
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Childcare9
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$1.19M
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Childcare16
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$1.14M
Gov ICSEA933
Schools8
Childcare14
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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