Move comparison · VIC → NSW

Moving to Guildford West - Merrylands West from Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

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

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Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

VIC · current home

Guildford West - Merrylands West

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

35,856

25,002

Annual growth

+14.7%

+1.7%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,123/wk

$1,458/wk

Overseas born

46.0%

43.4%

Non-English-speaking background

62.6%

61.9%

Children aged 0–14

24.6%

22.0%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 7

Decile 3

IRSAD score

1,029

930

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,030

949

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

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1,035

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$600,700

$1.39M

House price YoY

+0.2%

+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.

36 min

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GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

111

Train stations

Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

559

259

Change vs prior year

+117%

+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 →

Which school is zoned?

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

From · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 1,323

ICSEA 1058

A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data).

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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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, with an average ICSEA of 949 compared to 1,030. 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), Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Guildford West - Merrylands West, compared to 5 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

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

Median house prices are 132% higher in Guildford West - Merrylands West ($1.39M vs $600,700).

Similar suburbs near Guildford West - Merrylands West

Merrylands - Holroyd NSW

House$1.43M

Gov ICSEA948

Schools6

Childcare39

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Fairfield - East NSW

Gov ICSEA919

Schools6

Childcare26

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Fairfield NSW

House$1.31M

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Guildford - South Granville NSW

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

Granville - Clyde NSW

House$1.4M

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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Plan the move: Rockbank - Mount Cottrell → Guildford West - Merrylands West