Moving to Ermington - Rydalmere from St Ives
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ermington - Rydalmere and St Ives, 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.
St Ives Park Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in St Ives.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of St Ives (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Rydalmere Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ermington - Rydalmere.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ermington - Rydalmere (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.
Ermington - Rydalmere's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,041, compared to 1,108 in St Ives. 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 Ermington - Rydalmere 1,084 (2 schools), St Ives 1,150 (3 schools).
There are 7 schools in Ermington - Rydalmere, compared to 8 in St Ives.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 26 in Ermington - Rydalmere vs 24 in St Ives.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Ermington - Rydalmere at 50.3% (vs 34.1% in St Ives).
Ermington - Rydalmere has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below St Ives's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 30% lower in Ermington - Rydalmere ($2.1M vs $3M).
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Plan the move: St Ives → Ermington - Rydalmere