Moving to Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds from Dapto - Avondale
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds and Dapto - Avondale, 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.
Koonawarra Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dapto - Avondale.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Dapto - Avondale (NSW catchment data).
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John Palmer Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data).
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Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds has stronger government school academic context than Dapto - Avondale, with an average ICSEA of 1,090 compared to 936. 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 Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2, Dapto - Avondale 1,038 (1 school).
There are 3 schools in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, compared to 7 in Dapto - Avondale.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 5 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds vs 27 in Dapto - Avondale.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds at 47.5% (vs 7.6% in Dapto - Avondale).
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Dapto - Avondale's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 80% higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds ($1.63M vs $905,000).
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Plan the move: Dapto - Avondale → Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds