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Moving to Ermington - Rydalmere from Melton South - Weir Views

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ermington - Rydalmere and Melton South - Weir Views, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton South - Weir Views
VIC · current home
Ermington - Rydalmere
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
22,821
26,956
Annual growth
+5.5%
+1.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,363/wk
$1,958/wk
Overseas born
34.7%
43.0%
Non-English-speaking background
38.3%
50.3%
Children aged 0–14
26.7%
19.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 1
Decile 7
IRSAD score
881
1,045
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
950
1,041
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,028
1,084
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
35
19
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$565,000
$1.95M
House price YoY
0.0%
+2.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) — not that rent is unavailable there.
$780
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
23
57
Train stations
1
3
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,035
575
Change vs prior year
-4%
+6%

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 · Melton South - Weir Views
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Melton South Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Melton South - Weir Views.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 972
ICSEA 962
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Melton South - Weir Views (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Al Iman College
Independent 1,149 students
ICSEA 1059 intake context
St Anthony's School
Catholic 646 students
ICSEA 1000 intake context
St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School
Catholic 473 students
ICSEA 1024 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Ermington - Rydalmere
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Rydalmere Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ermington - Rydalmere.

Sector Government
Years P-6
Students 151
ICSEA 1018
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This is the zoned in-area government school for Ermington - Rydalmere (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Patrick's Marist College
Catholic 1,070 students
ICSEA 1089 intake context
St Mary's Primary School
Catholic 377 students
ICSEA 1079 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

Ermington - Rydalmere has stronger government school academic context than Melton South - Weir Views, with an average ICSEA of 1,041 compared to 950. 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 Ermington - Rydalmere 1,084 (2 schools), Melton South - Weir Views 1,028 (3 schools).

There are 7 schools in Ermington - Rydalmere, compared to 6 in Melton South - Weir Views.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 19 in Ermington - Rydalmere vs 35 in Melton South - Weir Views.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Ermington - Rydalmere at 50.3% (vs 38.3% in Melton South - Weir Views).

Ermington - Rydalmere has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Melton South - Weir Views's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 246% higher in Ermington - Rydalmere ($1.95M vs $565,000).

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