Moving to Edgeworth (Cameron Park area) from Box Hill (Nelson area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Edgeworth - Cameron Park and Box Hill - Nelson, side by side - all from public government data.
Edgeworth (Cameron Park area) has 18,516 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.4% in a year, a median house price of $965,000, 3 schools and 7 childcare services. Full Edgeworth (Cameron Park area) 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.
Edgeworth Heights Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Edgeworth - Cameron Park.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Edgeworth - Cameron Park (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.
Honest tradeoff
Edgeworth - Cameron Park's government schools have an average ICSEA of 968, 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 Edgeworth - Cameron Park 1,037 (1 school), Box Hill - Nelson 1,091 (2 schools).
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Edgeworth - Cameron Park vs 15 in Box Hill - Nelson.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Edgeworth - Cameron Park at 10.3% (vs 43.2% in Box Hill - Nelson).
Edgeworth - Cameron Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Box Hill - Nelson's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 25% lower in Edgeworth - Cameron Park ($965,000 vs $1.28M).
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What is the population of Edgeworth (Cameron Park area)?
18,516 people lived in Edgeworth (Cameron Park area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.4% over the year. Box Hill (Nelson area) had 26,348.
Are houses cheaper in Edgeworth (Cameron Park area) than in Box Hill (Nelson area)?
Yes. The median house price is $965,000 in Edgeworth (Cameron Park area) and $1.28M in Box Hill (Nelson area), 25% lower in Edgeworth (Cameron Park area).
How many schools are in Edgeworth (Cameron Park area)?
ACARA lists 3 schools in Edgeworth (Cameron Park area), 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 → Edgeworth - Cameron Park