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Moving to Kingswood - Werrington from Balgownie - Fairy Meadow

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kingswood - Werrington and Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Balgownie - Fairy Meadow
NSW · current home
Kingswood - Werrington
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,303
28,330
Annual growth
+0.6%
+3.9%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,635/wk
$1,707/wk
Overseas born
22.0%
30.9%
Non-English-speaking background
18.4%
31.7%
Children aged 0–14
16.4%
22.6%
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 4
IRSAD score
1,012
967
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
11
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,053
953
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,028
1,045
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
19
10
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.37M
$1.18M
House price YoY
+7.5%
+17.8%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$640
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
5
Supermarkets nearby
1
5
Parks nearby
30
57
Train stations
2
2
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
175
-
Change vs prior year
+8%
-

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 · Balgownie - Fairy Meadow
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Ousley PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Balgownie - Fairy Meadow (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)
Good Samaritan Catholic Primary School
Catholic 335 students
ICSEA 1081 intake context
Elonera Montessori School
Independent 187 students
ICSEA 1108 intake context
Wollongong Flexible School
Independent 71 students
ICSEA 895 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 · Kingswood - Werrington
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kingswood Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kingswood - Werrington.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 499
ICSEA 1048
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kingswood - Werrington (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 Dominic's College
Independent 1,010 students
ICSEA 1008 intake context
Wollemi College
Independent 565 students
ICSEA 1107 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 310 students
ICSEA 1019 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.

Honest tradeoff

Kingswood - Werrington's government schools have an average ICSEA of 953, compared to 1,053 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow. 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 Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools), Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools).

There are 11 schools in Kingswood - Werrington, compared to 10 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Kingswood - Werrington vs 19 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Kingswood - Werrington at 31.7% (vs 18.4% in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow).

Kingswood - Werrington has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Balgownie - Fairy Meadow's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 14% lower in Kingswood - Werrington ($1.18M vs $1.37M).

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Gov ICSEA942
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House$1.22M
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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