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Moving to Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven from Thornton - Millers Forest

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven and Thornton - Millers Forest, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Thornton - Millers Forest
NSW · current home
Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
19,925
22,880
Annual growth
+4.6%
+0.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,209/wk
$1,239/wk
Overseas born
11.2%
12.4%
Non-English-speaking background
8.1%
6.0%
Children aged 0–14
23.3%
17.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 6
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,007
891
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
947
933
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,034
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
12
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$857,000
$885,000
House price YoY
+7.5%
+10.6%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$640
$620
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
2
Supermarkets nearby
0
4
Parks nearby
11
30
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
814
583
Change vs prior year
+19%
-5%

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 · Thornton - Millers Forest
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Thornton Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Thornton - Millers Forest.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 826
ICSEA 974
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Thornton - Millers Forest (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Bede's Catholic College
Catholic 910 students
ICSEA 1030 intake context
St Aloysius Catholic Primary School
Catholic 614 students
ICSEA 1064 intake context
Aspect Hunter School
Independent 290 students
ICSEA 1008 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 · Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kanwal Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 500
ICSEA 942
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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

Honest tradeoff

Government school academic context is comparable between Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven (ICSEA 933) and Thornton - Millers Forest (947).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven none in this SA2, Thornton - Millers Forest 1,034 (3 schools).

There are 4 schools in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven, compared to 5 in Thornton - Millers Forest.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven vs 13 in Thornton - Millers Forest.

Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Thornton - Millers Forest's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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