Moving to Dubbo - South from Quakers Hill
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Dubbo - South and Quakers Hill, 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.
Barnier Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Quakers Hill.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Quakers Hill (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
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 1,045 in Quakers Hill. 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), Quakers Hill 1,098 (1 school).
There are 10 schools in Dubbo - South, compared to 5 in Quakers Hill.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 33 in Dubbo - South vs 22 in Quakers Hill.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Dubbo - South at 12.6% (vs 45.8% in Quakers Hill).
Dubbo - South has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Quakers Hill's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 50% lower in Dubbo - South ($675,000 vs $1.35M).
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Plan the move: Quakers Hill → Dubbo - South