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Moving to Guildford West - Merrylands West from Wollert

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

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Comparing
Wollert
VIC · current home
Guildford West - Merrylands West
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
36,658
25,002
Annual growth
+9.5%
+1.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,979/wk
$1,458/wk
Overseas born
50.0%
43.4%
Non-English-speaking background
67.4%
61.9%
Children aged 0–14
29.1%
22.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,002
930
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,026
949
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,085
1,035
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
24
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Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$705,000
$1.39M
House price YoY
+2.9%
+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.
46 min
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GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
1
Parks nearby
178
46
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,109
259
Change vs prior year
+25%
+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 · Wollert
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Wollert

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Edgars Creek Secondary College Government · 1,330 students
ICSEA 999
Edgars Creek Primary School Government · 812 students
ICSEA 1025
Wollert Primary School Government · 601 students
ICSEA 1012
Wollert Secondary College Government · 389 students
ICSEA 1005

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

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Glowrey Catholic Primary School
Catholic 559 students
ICSEA 1071 intake context
Carlo Acutis Catholic Primary School
Catholic 111 students
ICSEA 1098 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.

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 Wollert, with an average ICSEA of 949 compared to 1,026. 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), Wollert 1,085 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Guildford West - Merrylands West, compared to 8 in Wollert.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Guildford West - Merrylands West at 61.9% (vs 67.4% in Wollert).

Guildford West - Merrylands West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Wollert's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 97% higher in Guildford West - Merrylands West ($1.39M vs $705,000).

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