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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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.
Ettalong Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (NSW catchment data).
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Guildford WPS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Guildford West - Merrylands West.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Guildford West - Merrylands West (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
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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Plan the move: Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga → Guildford West - Merrylands West