Moving to Gosford - Springfield from Thornton - Millers Forest
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Gosford - Springfield and Thornton - Millers Forest, 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.
Thornton Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Thornton - Millers Forest.
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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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Gosford Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gosford - Springfield.
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.
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.
Gosford - Springfield's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,016, compared to 947 in Thornton - Millers Forest. 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), Thornton - Millers Forest 1,034 (3 schools).
There are 11 schools in Gosford - Springfield, compared to 5 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Gosford - Springfield vs 13 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Gosford - Springfield at 17.4% (vs 8.1% in Thornton - Millers Forest).
Gosford - Springfield has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Thornton - Millers Forest's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 31% higher in Gosford - Springfield ($1.13M vs $857,000).
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