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Moving to Fraser Rise - Plumpton from Mount Druitt - Whalan

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Fraser Rise - Plumpton and Mount Druitt - Whalan, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Mount Druitt - Whalan
NSW · current home
Fraser Rise - Plumpton
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
24,378
24,739
Annual growth
+0.7%
+19.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,392/wk
$2,254/wk
Overseas born
46.4%
42.2%
Non-English-speaking background
56.2%
52.9%
Children aged 0–14
23.8%
27.6%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 1
Decile 7
IRSAD score
883
1,035
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
925
1,031
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
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Childcare services (matched by postcode)
—
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$980,000
$695,000
House price YoY
+18.7%
-0.7%
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.
$565
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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
6
0
Supermarkets nearby
4
1
Parks nearby
33
80
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
6,584
574
Change vs prior year
-42%
+12%

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 · Mount Druitt - Whalan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Druitt PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Sector Government

This is the zoned in-area government school for Mount Druitt - Whalan (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Australian Islamic College of Sydney
Independent 1,289 students
ICSEA 1077 intake context
CathWest Innovation College
Catholic 385 students
ICSEA 1013 intake context
St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College
Independent 279 students
ICSEA 966 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Fraser Rise - Plumpton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Deanside Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 590
ICSEA 1044
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Fraser Rise - Plumpton (VIC catchment data).

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Fraser Rise - Plumpton has stronger government school academic context than Mount Druitt - Whalan, with an average ICSEA of 1,031 compared to 925. 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 Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2, Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools).

There are 2 schools in Fraser Rise - Plumpton, compared to 11 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Fraser Rise - Plumpton has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Mount Druitt - Whalan's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 29% lower in Fraser Rise - Plumpton ($695,000 vs $980,000).

Similar suburbs near Fraser Rise - Plumpton
Bundoora - North VIC
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Caroline Springs VIC
Gov ICSEA1,014
Schools6
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Taylors Hill VIC
House$932,000
Gov ICSEA1,027
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Childcare37
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Hillside VIC
Gov ICSEA1,014
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Burnside Heights VIC
House$780,000
Gov ICSEA1,082
Schools1
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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