Moving to Leppington (Catherine Field area) from Austral (Greendale area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Leppington - Catherine Field and Austral - Greendale, side by side - all from public government data.
Leppington (Catherine Field area) has 21,103 people (ABS, June 2025), +8.6% in a year, a median house price of $1.2M, 3 schools and 16 childcare services. Full Leppington (Catherine Field 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.
Kemps Creek Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Austral - Greendale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Austral - Greendale (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.
Edmondson Park Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Leppington - Catherine Field.
The government catchment school for parts of Leppington - Catherine Field is Edmondson Park Public School - just outside the suburb boundary (NSW catchment data).
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
Leppington - Catherine Field's government schools have an average ICSEA of 985, compared to 969 in Austral - Greendale. 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 Leppington - Catherine Field 1,101 (1 school), Austral - Greendale 1,052 (6 schools).
There are 3 schools in Leppington - Catherine Field, compared to 9 in Austral - Greendale.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Leppington - Catherine Field vs 18 in Austral - Greendale.
Leppington - Catherine Field has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Austral - Greendale's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Leppington (Catherine Field area)?
21,103 people lived in Leppington (Catherine Field area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +8.6% over the year. Austral (Greendale area) had 22,535.
Are houses cheaper in Leppington (Catherine Field area) than in Austral (Greendale area)?
Median house prices are about the same: $1.2M in Leppington (Catherine Field area) and $1.2M in Austral (Greendale area).
How many schools are in Leppington (Catherine Field area)?
ACARA lists 3 schools in Leppington (Catherine Field area), against 9 in Austral (Greendale area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Austral - Greendale → Leppington - Catherine Field