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Moving to Gosford - Springfield from Schofields - East

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Gosford - Springfield and Schofields - East, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Schofields - East
NSW · current home
Gosford - Springfield
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
38,569
23,282
Annual growth
+7.4%
+2.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,682/wk
$1,460/wk
Overseas born
54.0%
24.4%
Non-English-speaking background
60.5%
17.4%
Children aged 0–14
28.0%
15.3%
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 10
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,130
986
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
11
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,107
1,016
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,106
1,052
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
19
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.38M
$1.13M
House price YoY
+7.6%
+6.1%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$745
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
5
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
15
27
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
564
3,858
Change vs prior year
-5%
-8%

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 · Schofields - East
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Riverbank Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Schofields - East.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 2,030
ICSEA 1141
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Schofields - East (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)
Rouse Hill Anglican College
Independent 1,578 students
ICSEA 1137 intake context
St John Paul II Catholic College
Catholic 1,159 students
ICSEA 1074 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 724 students
ICSEA 1108 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 · Gosford - Springfield
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Gosford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gosford - Springfield.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 545
ICSEA 1049
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Gosford - Springfield (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 Edward's Christian Brothers' College
Independent 971 students
ICSEA 1068 intake context
St Joseph's Catholic College
Catholic 802 students
ICSEA 1075 intake context
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 384 students
ICSEA 1090 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

Gosford - Springfield's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,016, compared to 1,107 in Schofields - East. 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 Gosford - Springfield 1,052 (4 schools), Schofields - East 1,106 (3 schools).

There are 11 schools in Gosford - Springfield, compared to 8 in Schofields - East.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Gosford - Springfield vs 19 in Schofields - East.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Gosford - Springfield at 17.4% (vs 60.5% in Schofields - East).

Gosford - Springfield has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Schofields - East's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 18% lower in Gosford - Springfield ($1.13M vs $1.38M).

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