Moving to Kingswood (Werrington area) from East Maitland (Metford area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kingswood - Werrington and East Maitland - Metford, side by side - all from public government data.
Kingswood (Werrington area) has 28,330 people (ABS, June 2025), +3.9% in a year, a median house price of $1.18M, 11 schools and 10 childcare services. Full Kingswood (Werrington area) suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Metford Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in East Maitland - Metford.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of East Maitland - Metford (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Kingswood Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kingswood - Werrington.
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.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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
Government schools in Kingswood - Werrington and East Maitland - Metford have a similar average ICSEA (953 and 957) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools), East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools).
There are 11 schools in Kingswood - Werrington, compared to 9 in East Maitland - Metford.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Kingswood - Werrington vs 20 in East Maitland - Metford.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Kingswood - Werrington at 31.7% (vs 7.1% in East Maitland - Metford).
Median house prices are 35% higher in Kingswood - Werrington ($1.18M vs $871,000).
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What is the population of Kingswood (Werrington area)?
28,330 people lived in Kingswood (Werrington area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +3.9% over the year. East Maitland (Metford area) had 18,334.
Are houses cheaper in Kingswood (Werrington area) than in East Maitland (Metford area)?
No. The median house price is $1.18M in Kingswood (Werrington area) and $871,000 in East Maitland (Metford area), 35% higher in Kingswood (Werrington area).
How many schools are in Kingswood (Werrington area)?
ACARA lists 11 schools in Kingswood (Werrington area), against 9 in East Maitland (Metford area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: East Maitland - Metford → Kingswood - Werrington