Moving to Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi from Thornton (Millers Forest area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi and Thornton - Millers Forest, side by side - all from public government data.
Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi has 17,672 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.9% in a year, a median house price of $988,000, 4 schools and 6 childcare services. Full Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi 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.
Thornton Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Thornton - Millers Forest.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Thornton - Millers Forest (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.
Glendore Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi (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.
Honest tradeoff
Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,011, compared to 947 in Thornton - Millers Forest. 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 Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi 1,085 (1 school), Thornton - Millers Forest 1,034 (3 schools).
There are 4 schools in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi, compared to 5 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 6 in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi vs 14 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi at 16.9% (vs 8.1% in Thornton - Millers Forest).
Median house prices are 15% higher in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi ($988,000 vs $857,000).
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What is the population of Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi?
17,672 people lived in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.9% over the year. Thornton (Millers Forest area) had 19,925.
Are houses cheaper in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi than in Thornton (Millers Forest area)?
No. The median house price is $988,000 in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi and $857,000 in Thornton (Millers Forest area), 15% higher in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi.
How many schools are in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Maryland - Fletcher - Minmi, against 5 in Thornton (Millers Forest area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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