Moving to Lethbridge Park (Tregear area) from East Maitland (Metford area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lethbridge Park - Tregear and East Maitland - Metford, side by side - all from public government data.
Lethbridge Park (Tregear area) has 22,894 people (ABS, June 2025), +1.0% in a year, a median house price of $980,000, 7 schools and 9 childcare services. Full Lethbridge Park (Tregear 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.
Lethbridge Park Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lethbridge Park - Tregear.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lethbridge Park - Tregear (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Honest tradeoff
Lethbridge Park - Tregear's government schools have an average ICSEA of 863, compared to 957 in East Maitland - Metford. 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 Lethbridge Park - Tregear none in this SA2, East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools).
There are 7 schools in Lethbridge Park - Tregear, compared to 9 in East Maitland - Metford.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Lethbridge Park - Tregear vs 20 in East Maitland - Metford.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Lethbridge Park - Tregear at 31.3% (vs 7.1% in East Maitland - Metford).
Lethbridge Park - Tregear has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below East Maitland - Metford's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 13% higher in Lethbridge Park - Tregear ($980,000 vs $871,000).
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What is the population of Lethbridge Park (Tregear area)?
22,894 people lived in Lethbridge Park (Tregear area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +1.0% over the year. East Maitland (Metford area) had 18,334.
Are houses cheaper in Lethbridge Park (Tregear area) than in East Maitland (Metford area)?
No. The median house price is $980,000 in Lethbridge Park (Tregear area) and $871,000 in East Maitland (Metford area), 13% higher in Lethbridge Park (Tregear area).
How many schools are in Lethbridge Park (Tregear area)?
ACARA lists 7 schools in Lethbridge Park (Tregear 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 → Lethbridge Park - Tregear