Moving to Ermington - Rydalmere from Truganina - South West
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ermington - Rydalmere and Truganina - South West, 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.
Dohertys Creek P-9 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Truganina - South West.
The government catchment school for parts of Truganina - South West is Dohertys Creek P-9 College — just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).
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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 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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Ermington - Rydalmere (ICSEA 1,041) and Truganina - South West (1,041).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Ermington - Rydalmere 1,084 (2 schools), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).
There are 7 schools in Ermington - Rydalmere, compared to 5 in Truganina - South West.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 19 in Ermington - Rydalmere vs 114 in Truganina - South West.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ermington - Rydalmere at 50.3% (vs 72.1% in Truganina - South West).
Ermington - Rydalmere has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Truganina - South West's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 191% higher in Ermington - Rydalmere ($1.95M vs $670,800).
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Plan the move: Truganina - South West → Ermington - Rydalmere