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 in-area government school for St Ives (NSW catchment data).
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Rydalmere Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ermington - Rydalmere.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Ermington - Rydalmere (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Ermington - Rydalmere has weaker government school academic context than St Ives, with an average ICSEA of 1,041 compared to 1,108. 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), St Ives 1,150 (3 schools).
There are 7 schools in Ermington - Rydalmere, compared to 8 in St Ives.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 19 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 38% lower in Ermington - Rydalmere ($1.95M vs $3.15M).
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Plan the move: St Ives → Ermington - Rydalmere