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Moving to Lindfield - Roseville from Melton West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lindfield - Roseville and Melton West, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton West
VIC · current home
Lindfield - Roseville
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
22,710
25,620
Annual growth
+0.4%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,621/wk
$3,125/wk
Overseas born
28.8%
40.5%
Non-English-speaking background
29.2%
34.9%
Children aged 0–14
25.7%
20.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 2
Decile 10
IRSAD score
920
1,169
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
959
1,150
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
999
1,174
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
—
53
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$563,500
$4.16M
House price YoY
+7.3%
+0.3%
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.
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$1100
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
3
Supermarkets nearby
4
4
Parks nearby
35
38
Train stations
0
2
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
908
230
Change vs prior year
-3%
+16%

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 · Melton West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wedge Park Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Melton West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 848
ICSEA 976
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Melton West (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis Catholic College
Catholic 1,846 students
ICSEA 1012 intake context
OneSchool Global Vic
Independent 556 students
ICSEA 984 intake context
St Catherine of Siena School
Catholic 522 students
ICSEA 1002 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.

To · Lindfield - Roseville
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lindfield Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lindfield - Roseville.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 584
ICSEA 1162
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Lindfield - Roseville (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Roseville College
Independent 1,060 students
ICSEA 1191 intake context
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Catholic 259 students
ICSEA 1168 intake context
Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School
Independent 98 students
ICSEA 1164 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

Lindfield - Roseville has stronger government school academic context than Melton West, with an average ICSEA of 1,150 compared to 959. 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 Lindfield - Roseville 1,174 (3 schools), Melton West 999 (3 schools).

There are 10 schools in Lindfield - Roseville, compared to 8 in Melton West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Lindfield - Roseville at 34.9% (vs 29.2% in Melton West).

Lindfield - Roseville has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Melton West's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 637% higher in Lindfield - Roseville ($4.16M vs $563,500).

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