Moving to East Maitland - Metford from Mount Druitt - Whalan
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for East Maitland - Metford and Mount Druitt - Whalan, 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.
Mt Druitt PS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Mount Druitt - Whalan (NSW catchment data).
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Metford Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in East Maitland - Metford.
This is the zoned in-area government school for East Maitland - Metford (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
East Maitland - Metford has stronger government school academic context than Mount Druitt - Whalan, with an average ICSEA of 957 compared to 925. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools), Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools).
There are 9 schools in East Maitland - Metford, compared to 11 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in East Maitland - Metford at 7.1% (vs 56.2% in Mount Druitt - Whalan).
East Maitland - Metford has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Mount Druitt - Whalan's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 14% lower in East Maitland - Metford ($838,000 vs $980,000).
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Plan the move: Mount Druitt - Whalan → East Maitland - Metford