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Moving to Kurri Kurri - Abermain from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

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

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Comparing
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · current home
Kurri Kurri - Abermain
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,774
23,407
Annual growth
+0.5%
+2.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,164/wk
$1,464/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
5.4%
Non-English-speaking background
47.5%
2.6%
Children aged 0–14
26.8%
21.2%
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 10
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,144
889
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
906
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
993
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
11
13
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.59M
$830,018
House price YoY
+0.4%
+14.7%
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.
-
$587
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
25
30
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
173
694
Change vs prior year
-5%
+13%

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 · 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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To · Kurri Kurri - Abermain
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kurri Kurri Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kurri Kurri - Abermain.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 574
ICSEA 891
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kurri Kurri - Abermain (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)
Holy Spirit Primary School
Catholic 186 students
ICSEA 994 intake context
Holy Spirit Infants School
Catholic 122 students
ICSEA 991 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

Kurri Kurri - Abermain's government schools have an average ICSEA of 906, compared to 1,090 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds. 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 Kurri Kurri - Abermain 993 (2 schools), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.

There are 8 schools in Kurri Kurri - Abermain, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Kurri Kurri - Abermain vs 11 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Kurri Kurri - Abermain at 2.6% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Kurri Kurri - Abermain has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 48% lower in Kurri Kurri - Abermain ($830,018 vs $1.59M).

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