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Moving to East Maitland - Metford from Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for East Maitland - Metford and Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
NSW · current home
East Maitland - Metford
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
19,954
18,334
Annual growth
+3.3%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,835/wk
$1,590/wk
Overseas born
9.2%
10.5%
Non-English-speaking background
5.9%
7.1%
Children aged 0–14
23.0%
19.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 4
Decile 4
IRSAD score
955
956
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
9
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
940
957
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,003
1,038
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
20
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$851,000
$871,000
House price YoY
+13.8%
+14.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$620
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
4
2
Supermarkets nearby
3
5
Parks nearby
10
22
Train stations
1
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
1,750
Change vs prior year
-
+14%

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 →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Rutherford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,007
ICSEA 933
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Joseph's College
Catholic 973 students
ICSEA 996 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 577 students
ICSEA 1009 intake context

Fee-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.

To · East Maitland - Metford
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Metford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in East Maitland - Metford.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 265
ICSEA 887
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Hunter Valley Grammar School
Independent 1,161 students
ICSEA 1134 intake context
Maitland Christian School
Independent 832 students
ICSEA 1047 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 449 students
ICSEA 1063 intake context

Fee-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

East Maitland - Metford's government schools have an average ICSEA of 957, compared to 940 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn. 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 East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools), Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn 1,003 (2 schools).

There are 9 schools in East Maitland - Metford, compared to 5 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 20 in East Maitland - Metford vs 6 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

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