Moving to Lambton - New Lambton from Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lambton - New Lambton and Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, side by side — all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area — side by side, never a blended average.
Wirreanda Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (NSW catchment data).
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New Lambton Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lambton - New Lambton.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Lambton - New Lambton (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Lambton - New Lambton has stronger government school academic context than Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, with an average ICSEA of 1,081 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 Lambton - New Lambton 1,092 (2 schools), Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah 1,029 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Lambton - New Lambton, compared to 6 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 6 in Lambton - New Lambton vs 12 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Lambton - New Lambton at 8.7% (vs 3.5% in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah).
Lambton - New Lambton has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 37% higher in Lambton - New Lambton ($1.4M vs $1.02M).
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