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Moving to Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds from Dubbo - South

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds and Dubbo - South, side by side - all from public government data.

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Dubbo - South
NSW · current home
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
20,712
21,774
Annual growth
+1.2%
+0.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,662/wk
$3,164/wk
Overseas born
12.5%
45.5%
Non-English-speaking background
12.6%
47.5%
Children aged 0–14
20.8%
26.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 5
Decile 10
IRSAD score
974
1,144
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
871
1,090
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,033
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
33
11
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$675,000
$1.59M
House price YoY
+13.8%
+0.4%
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.
$550
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
3
Supermarkets nearby
4
3
Parks nearby
48
25
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
7,350
173
Change vs prior year
-9%
-5%

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 · Dubbo - South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Orana Hts PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dubbo - South.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Dubbo - South (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Johns College Dubbo
Catholic 941 students
ICSEA 1004 intake context
Dubbo Christian School
Independent 671 students
ICSEA 1049 intake context
St John's Catholic Primary School Dubbo
Catholic 409 students
ICSEA 998 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 · Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

John Palmer Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 950
ICSEA 1125
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,090, compared to 871 in Dubbo - South. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2, Dubbo - South 1,033 (5 schools).

There are 3 schools in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, compared to 10 in Dubbo - South.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds vs 33 in Dubbo - South.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds at 47.5% (vs 12.6% in Dubbo - South).

Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Dubbo - South's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 136% higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds ($1.59M vs $675,000).

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