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Moving to Greenvale - Bulla from Merrylands - Holroyd

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Greenvale - Bulla and Merrylands - Holroyd, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Merrylands - Holroyd
NSW · current home
Greenvale - Bulla
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
27,002
26,757
Annual growth
+4.4%
+4.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,461/wk
$2,250/wk
Overseas born
51.1%
33.3%
Non-English-speaking background
70.1%
46.8%
Children aged 0–14
20.4%
21.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 3
Decile 7
IRSAD score
942
1,032
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
948
1,021
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,050
1,052
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
39
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.43M
$882,500
House price YoY
+4.6%
-4.1%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) — not that rent is unavailable there.
$800
—
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.
—
43 min
GPs nearby
4
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
2
Parks nearby
38
78
Train stations
1
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
3,156
742
Change vs prior year
0%
+2%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area — side by side, never a blended average.

From · Merrylands - Holroyd
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Merrylands Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 620
ICSEA 936
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Merrylands - Holroyd (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Margaret Mary's Primary School
Catholic 574 students
ICSEA 1050 intake context

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To · Greenvale - Bulla
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Greenvale Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Greenvale - Bulla.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 593
ICSEA 1034
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Greenvale - Bulla (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Aitken College
Independent 1,453 students
ICSEA 1102 intake context
Kolbe Catholic College
Catholic 1,293 students
ICSEA 980 intake context
St Carlo Borromeo School
Catholic 571 students
ICSEA 1062 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

Greenvale - Bulla has stronger government school academic context than Merrylands - Holroyd, with an average ICSEA of 1,021 compared to 948. 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 Greenvale - Bulla 1,052 (4 schools), Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school).

There are 7 schools in Greenvale - Bulla, compared to 6 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 16 in Greenvale - Bulla vs 39 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Greenvale - Bulla at 46.8% (vs 70.1% in Merrylands - Holroyd).

Greenvale - Bulla has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Merrylands - Holroyd's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 38% lower in Greenvale - Bulla ($882,500 vs $1.43M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,032
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$816,000
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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