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Moving to Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds from Orange - North

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

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Comparing
Orange - North
NSW · current home
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
24,059
21,774
Annual growth
+0.7%
+0.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,002/wk
$3,164/wk
Overseas born
11.3%
45.5%
Non-English-speaking background
8.8%
47.5%
Children aged 0–14
23.9%
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 6
Decile 10
IRSAD score
1,005
1,144
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
938
1,090
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,027
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
33
11
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$765,000
$1.59M
House price YoY
+9.3%
+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.
$570
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
3
Supermarkets nearby
3
3
Parks nearby
44
25
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
4,795
173
Change vs prior year
0%
-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 · Orange - North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Bletchington Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Orange - North.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 503
ICSEA 938
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Orange - North (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)
Orange Anglican Grammar School
Independent 755 students
ICSEA 1077 intake context
OneSchool Global NSW - Orange
Independent 109 students
ICSEA 977 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 938 in Orange - North. 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, Orange - North 1,027 (2 schools).

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

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds at 47.5% (vs 8.8% in Orange - North).

Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Orange - North's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 108% higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds ($1.59M vs $765,000).

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