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Moving to Marsden Park - Shanes Park from Coffs Harbour - North

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Marsden Park - Shanes Park and Coffs Harbour - North, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Coffs Harbour - North
NSW · current home
Marsden Park - Shanes Park
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
18,960
30,461
Annual growth
+0.3%
+11.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,257/wk
$2,729/wk
Overseas born
16.3%
52.8%
Non-English-speaking background
11.7%
61.3%
Children aged 0–14
17.3%
29.9%
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 3
Decile 10
IRSAD score
928
1,125
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
905
1,089
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,072
1,080
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
-
13
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.03M
$1.28M
House price YoY
+25.0%
+6.7%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$680
$750
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
0
2
Parks nearby
32
16
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
5,273
692
Change vs prior year
-12%
-8%

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 · Coffs Harbour - North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Tyalla Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Coffs Harbour - North.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 258
ICSEA 872
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Coffs Harbour - North (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)
Casuarina Steiner School
Independent 103 students
ICSEA 1072 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 · Marsden Park - Shanes Park
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northbourne Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,711
ICSEA 1095
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Marsden Park - Shanes Park (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)
St Luke's Catholic College (Secondary)
Catholic 940 students
ICSEA 1088 intake context
St Luke's Catholic College (Primary)
Catholic 827 students
ICSEA 1106 intake context
St Luke's Arrunga
Catholic 40 students
ICSEA 1046 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

Marsden Park - Shanes Park's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,089, compared to 905 in Coffs Harbour - North. 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 Marsden Park - Shanes Park 1,080 (3 schools), Coffs Harbour - North 1,072 (1 school).

There are 6 schools in Marsden Park - Shanes Park, compared to 4 in Coffs Harbour - North.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Marsden Park - Shanes Park at 61.3% (vs 11.7% in Coffs Harbour - North).

Marsden Park - Shanes Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Coffs Harbour - North's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 24% higher in Marsden Park - Shanes Park ($1.28M vs $1.03M).

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Gov ICSEA1,126
Schools1
Childcare16
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Childcare3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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