Moving to Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough from Wallsend (Elermore Vale area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough and Wallsend - Elermore Vale, side by side - all from public government data.
Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough has 25,569 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.5% in a year, a median house price of $965,000, 13 schools and 25 childcare services. Full Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Wallsend Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wallsend - Elermore Vale (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Cardiff Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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
Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,000, compared to 981 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough 1,072 (4 schools), Wallsend - Elermore Vale 1,013 (2 schools).
There are 13 schools in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough, compared to 7 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 25 in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough vs 24 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough at 6.5% (vs 12.2% in Wallsend - Elermore Vale).
Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Wallsend - Elermore Vale's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough?
25,569 people lived in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.5% over the year. Wallsend (Elermore Vale area) had 21,955.
Are houses cheaper in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough than in Wallsend (Elermore Vale area)?
Yes. The median house price is $965,000 in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough and $988,000 in Wallsend (Elermore Vale area), 2% lower in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough.
How many schools are in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough?
ACARA lists 13 schools in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough, against 7 in Wallsend (Elermore Vale area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Wallsend - Elermore Vale → Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough