Moving to Gosford (Springfield area) from Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Gosford - Springfield and Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, side by side - all from public government data.
Gosford (Springfield area) has 23,282 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.8% in a year, a median house price of $1.13M, 11 schools and 15 childcare services. Full Gosford (Springfield area) 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.
Ettalong Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
Gosford - Springfield's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,016, compared to 984 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga. 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), Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga none in this SA2.
There are 11 schools in Gosford - Springfield, compared to 3 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Gosford - Springfield vs 4 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Gosford - Springfield at 17.4% (vs 7.1% in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga).
Gosford - Springfield has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 14% lower in Gosford - Springfield ($1.13M vs $1.31M).
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What is the population of Gosford (Springfield area)?
23,282 people lived in Gosford (Springfield area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.8% over the year. Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga had 25,057.
Are houses cheaper in Gosford (Springfield area) than in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga?
Yes. The median house price is $1.13M in Gosford (Springfield area) and $1.31M in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, 14% lower in Gosford (Springfield area).
How many schools are in Gosford (Springfield area)?
ACARA lists 11 schools in Gosford (Springfield area), against 3 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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