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Moving to Ermington - Rydalmere from Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ermington - Rydalmere and Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · current home
Ermington - Rydalmere
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
35,856
26,956
Annual growth
+14.7%
+1.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,123/wk
$1,958/wk
Overseas born
46.0%
43.0%
Non-English-speaking background
62.6%
50.3%
Children aged 0–14
24.6%
19.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,029
1,045
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,030
1,041
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
—
1,084
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
15
19
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$600,700
$1.95M
House price YoY
+0.2%
+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
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.
36 min
—
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
111
57
Train stations
4
3
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
559
575
Change vs prior year
+117%
+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 · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 1,323
ICSEA 1058
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data).

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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
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

Government school academic context is comparable between Ermington - Rydalmere (ICSEA 1,041) and Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (1,030).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Ermington - Rydalmere 1,084 (2 schools), Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2.

There are 7 schools in Ermington - Rydalmere, compared to 5 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 19 in Ermington - Rydalmere vs 15 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ermington - Rydalmere at 50.3% (vs 62.6% in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell).

Median house prices are 225% higher in Ermington - Rydalmere ($1.95M vs $600,700).

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Plan the move: Rockbank - Mount Cottrell → Ermington - Rydalmere