Moving to Gosford - Springfield from Woy Woy - Blackwall
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Gosford - Springfield and Woy Woy - Blackwall, 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.
Woy Woy Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Woy Woy - Blackwall.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Woy Woy - Blackwall (NSW catchment data).
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Gosford Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gosford - Springfield.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Gosford - Springfield (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Gosford - Springfield has stronger government school academic context than Woy Woy - Blackwall, with an average ICSEA of 1,016 compared to 980. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Gosford - Springfield 1,052 (4 schools), Woy Woy - Blackwall 1,081 (1 school).
There are 11 schools in Gosford - Springfield, compared to 4 in Woy Woy - Blackwall.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Gosford - Springfield at 17.4% (vs 9.3% in Woy Woy - Blackwall).
Gosford - Springfield has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Woy Woy - Blackwall's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 7% lower in Gosford - Springfield ($1.03M vs $1.11M).
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