Moving to Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven from East Maitland - Metford
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven and East Maitland - Metford, 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.
Metford Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in East Maitland - Metford.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of East Maitland - Metford (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.
Kanwal Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven's government schools have an average ICSEA of 933, compared to 957 in East Maitland - Metford. 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 Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven none in this SA2, East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools).
There are 4 schools in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven, compared to 9 in East Maitland - Metford.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven vs 20 in East Maitland - Metford.
Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below East Maitland - Metford's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: East Maitland - Metford → Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven