Moving to East Maitland - Metford from Merrylands - Holroyd
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for East Maitland - Metford and Merrylands - Holroyd, 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.
Merrylands Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Merrylands - Holroyd (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.
Metford Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in East Maitland - Metford.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of East Maitland - Metford (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.
Government school academic context is comparable between East Maitland - Metford (ICSEA 957) and Merrylands - Holroyd (948).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools), Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school).
There are 9 schools in East Maitland - Metford, compared to 6 in Merrylands - Holroyd.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 20 in East Maitland - Metford vs 37 in Merrylands - Holroyd.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in East Maitland - Metford at 7.1% (vs 70.1% in Merrylands - Holroyd).
East Maitland - Metford has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Merrylands - Holroyd's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 37% lower in East Maitland - Metford ($871,000 vs $1.39M).
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Plan the move: Merrylands - Holroyd → East Maitland - Metford