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Moving to Figtree - Keiraville from Guildford West - Merrylands West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Figtree - Keiraville and Guildford West - Merrylands West, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Guildford West - Merrylands West
NSW · current home
Figtree - Keiraville
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,002
23,776
Annual growth
+1.7%
+0.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,458/wk
$1,938/wk
Overseas born
43.4%
23.3%
Non-English-speaking background
61.9%
20.9%
Children aged 0–14
22.0%
18.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 3
Decile 7
IRSAD score
930
1,045
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
949
1,061
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,035
1,083
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
6
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.39M
$1.24M
House price YoY
+18.6%
+12.7%
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.
$750
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
3
Parks nearby
46
29
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
259
386
Change vs prior year
+14%
-3%

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 · Guildford West - Merrylands West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Guildford WPS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Guildford West - Merrylands West.

Sector Government

This is the zoned in-area government school for Guildford West - Merrylands West (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Cerdon College
Catholic 1,001 students
ICSEA 1041 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 342 students
ICSEA 1028 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 · Figtree - Keiraville
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lindsay Park Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Figtree - Keiraville.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 334
ICSEA 1068
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Figtree - Keiraville (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Edmund Rice College
Independent 1,054 students
ICSEA 1083 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

Figtree - Keiraville has stronger government school academic context than Guildford West - Merrylands West, with an average ICSEA of 1,061 compared to 949. 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 Figtree - Keiraville 1,083 (1 school), Guildford West - Merrylands West 1,035 (2 schools).

There are 8 schools in Figtree - Keiraville, compared to 6 in Guildford West - Merrylands West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Figtree - Keiraville at 20.9% (vs 61.9% in Guildford West - Merrylands West).

Figtree - Keiraville has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Guildford West - Merrylands West's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 11% lower in Figtree - Keiraville ($1.24M vs $1.39M).

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