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Moving to Ermington - Rydalmere from Wollert

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

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Comparing
Wollert
VIC · current home
Ermington - Rydalmere
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
36,658
26,956
Annual growth
+9.5%
+1.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,979/wk
$1,958/wk
Overseas born
50.0%
43.0%
Non-English-speaking background
67.4%
50.3%
Children aged 0–14
29.1%
19.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,002
1,045
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,026
1,041
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,085
1,084
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
24
19
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$705,000
$1.95M
House price YoY
+2.9%
+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.
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$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.
46 min
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GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
0
Parks nearby
178
57
Train stations
0
3
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,109
575
Change vs prior year
+25%
+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 · Wollert
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Wollert

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Edgars Creek Secondary College Government · 1,330 students
ICSEA 999
Edgars Creek Primary School Government · 812 students
ICSEA 1025
Wollert Primary School Government · 601 students
ICSEA 1012
Wollert Secondary College Government · 389 students
ICSEA 1005

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

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Glowrey Catholic Primary School
Catholic 559 students
ICSEA 1071 intake context
Carlo Acutis Catholic Primary School
Catholic 111 students
ICSEA 1098 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.

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

Ermington - Rydalmere has stronger government school academic context than Wollert, with an average ICSEA of 1,041 compared to 1,026. 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), Wollert 1,085 (2 schools).

There are 7 schools in Ermington - Rydalmere, compared to 8 in Wollert.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 19 in Ermington - Rydalmere vs 24 in Wollert.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ermington - Rydalmere at 50.3% (vs 67.4% in Wollert).

Ermington - Rydalmere has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Wollert's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 177% higher in Ermington - Rydalmere ($1.95M vs $705,000).

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