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Moving to Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds from Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds and Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah

NSW · current home

Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

17,178

21,774

Annual growth

+3.2%

+0.5%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,763/wk

$3,164/wk

Overseas born

9.3%

45.5%

Non-English-speaking background

3.5%

47.5%

Children aged 0–14

20.9%

26.8%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 4

Decile 10

IRSAD score

973

1,144

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

940

1,090

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,029

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Childcare services (matched by postcode)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.02M

$1.63M

House price YoY

+17.9%

+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.

$620

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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

171

Change vs prior year

-18%

-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 · Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wirreanda Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

Sector Government

Years K-6

Students 530

ICSEA 988

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

This is the zoned in-area government school for Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Catherine McAuley Catholic College

Catholic 884 students

ICSEA 1019 intake context

Medowie Christian School

Independent 554 students

ICSEA 1038 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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Honest tradeoff

Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds has stronger government school academic context than Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, with an average ICSEA of 1,090 compared to 940. 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, Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah 1,029 (2 schools).

There are 3 schools in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, compared to 6 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 5 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds vs 12 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds at 47.5% (vs 3.5% in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah).

Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 60% higher in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds ($1.63M vs $1.02M).

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