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Moving to Guildford West - Merrylands West from Greenvale - Bulla

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

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Comparing
Greenvale - Bulla
VIC · current home
Guildford West - Merrylands West
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
26,757
25,002
Annual growth
+4.2%
+1.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,250/wk
$1,458/wk
Overseas born
33.3%
43.4%
Non-English-speaking background
46.8%
61.9%
Children aged 0–14
21.0%
22.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,032
930
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,021
949
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,052
1,035
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
16
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Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$882,500
$1.39M
House price YoY
-4.1%
+18.6%
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.
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$750
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
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GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
78
46
Train stations
1
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
742
259
Change vs prior year
+2%
+14%

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 · 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.

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To · Guildford West - Merrylands West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Guildford WPS

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

Sector Government

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Cerdon College
Catholic 1,001 students
ICSEA 1041 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 342 students
ICSEA 1028 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

Guildford West - Merrylands West has weaker government school academic context than Greenvale - Bulla, with an average ICSEA of 949 compared to 1,021. 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 Guildford West - Merrylands West 1,035 (2 schools), Greenvale - Bulla 1,052 (4 schools).

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

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Guildford West - Merrylands West at 61.9% (vs 46.8% in Greenvale - Bulla).

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

Median house prices are 58% higher in Guildford West - Merrylands West ($1.39M vs $882,500).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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Plan the move: Greenvale - Bulla → Guildford West - Merrylands West