Moving to Dubbo - South from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Dubbo - South and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, 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.
John Palmer Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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Orana Hts PS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dubbo - South.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Dubbo - South (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.
Dubbo - South's government schools have an average ICSEA of 871, compared to 1,090 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds. 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 Dubbo - South 1,033 (5 schools), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.
There are 10 schools in Dubbo - South, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 33 in Dubbo - South vs 11 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Dubbo - South at 12.6% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).
Dubbo - South has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 58% lower in Dubbo - South ($675,000 vs $1.59M).
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Plan the move: Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds → Dubbo - South