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Moving to Guildford West - Merrylands West from Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Guildford West - Merrylands West and Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
NSW · current home
Guildford West - Merrylands West
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,057
25,002
Annual growth
0.0%
+1.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,329/wk
$1,458/wk
Overseas born
17.1%
43.4%
Non-English-speaking background
7.1%
61.9%
Children aged 0–14
16.4%
22.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 4
Decile 3
IRSAD score
965
930
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
984
949
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,035
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
11
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.34M
$1.39M
House price YoY
+9.4%
+18.6%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$695
$750
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
24
46
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
259
Change vs prior year
+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 · Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Ettalong Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 490
ICSEA 975
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (NSW 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.

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Honest tradeoff

Guildford West - Merrylands West has weaker government school academic context than Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, with an average ICSEA of 949 compared to 984. 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), Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Guildford West - Merrylands West, compared to 3 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Guildford West - Merrylands West at 61.9% (vs 7.1% in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga).

Guildford West - Merrylands West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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