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Moving to Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds from Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds and Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough
NSW · current home
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,569
21,774
Annual growth
+0.5%
+0.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,818/wk
$3,164/wk
Overseas born
10.6%
45.5%
Non-English-speaking background
6.5%
47.5%
Children aged 0–14
19.1%
26.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 5
Decile 10
IRSAD score
991
1,144
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
13
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,000
1,090
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,072
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
45
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$930,000
$1.63M
House price YoY
+12.1%
+3.9%
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.
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
3
Supermarkets nearby
3
3
Parks nearby
22
25
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
467
171
Change vs prior year
-12%
-7%

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 · Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough

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.

Glendale Technology High School Government · 802 students
ICSEA 946
Cardiff High School Government · 778 students
ICSEA 986
Cardiff South Public School Government · 298 students
ICSEA 1017
Cardiff Public School Government · 283 students
ICSEA 1000

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

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Macquarie College
Independent 1,060 students
ICSEA 1110 intake context
Newcastle Waldorf School
Independent 237 students
ICSEA 1072 intake context
Holy Cross Primary School
Catholic 153 students
ICSEA 1036 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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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 in-area government school for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data).

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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 has stronger government school academic context than Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough, with an average ICSEA of 1,090 compared to 1,000. 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, Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough 1,072 (4 schools).

There are 3 schools in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, compared to 13 in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 5 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds vs 45 in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds at 47.5% (vs 6.5% in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough).

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

Median house prices are 75% higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds ($1.63M vs $930,000).

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Plan the move: Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough → Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds