Moving to Dubbo Surrounds from Box Hill (Nelson area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Dubbo Surrounds and Box Hill - Nelson, side by side - all from public government data.
Dubbo Surrounds has 6,189 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.5% in a year, a median house price of $675,000 and 5 schools. Full Dubbo Surrounds 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.
Oakville Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Box Hill - Nelson.
The government catchment school for parts of Box Hill - Nelson is Oakville Public School - just outside the suburb boundary (NSW catchment data).
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 North Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dubbo Surrounds.
The government catchment school for parts of Dubbo Surrounds is Dubbo North Public School - just outside the suburb boundary (NSW catchment data).
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
Dubbo Surrounds's government schools have an average ICSEA of 925, compared to 1,123 in Box Hill - Nelson. 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 Surrounds 996 (1 school), Box Hill - Nelson 1,091 (2 schools).
There are 5 schools in Dubbo Surrounds, compared to 3 in Box Hill - Nelson.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Dubbo Surrounds at 0.9% (vs 43.2% in Box Hill - Nelson).
Dubbo Surrounds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Box Hill - Nelson's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 47% lower in Dubbo Surrounds ($675,000 vs $1.28M).
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What is the population of Dubbo Surrounds?
6,189 people lived in Dubbo Surrounds at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.5% over the year. Box Hill (Nelson area) had 26,348.
Are houses cheaper in Dubbo Surrounds than in Box Hill (Nelson area)?
Yes. The median house price is $675,000 in Dubbo Surrounds and $1.28M in Box Hill (Nelson area), 47% lower in Dubbo Surrounds.
How many schools are in Dubbo Surrounds?
ACARA lists 5 schools in Dubbo Surrounds, against 3 in Box Hill (Nelson area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Box Hill - Nelson → Dubbo Surrounds