Moving to Merrylands - Holroyd from Balgownie - Fairy Meadow
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Merrylands - Holroyd and Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, side by side — all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area — side by side, never a blended average.
Mt Ousley PS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Balgownie - Fairy Meadow (NSW catchment data).
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Merrylands Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Merrylands - Holroyd (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Merrylands - Holroyd has weaker government school academic context than Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, with an average ICSEA of 948 compared to 1,053. 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 Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school), Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools).
There are 6 schools in Merrylands - Holroyd, compared to 10 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 39 in Merrylands - Holroyd vs 29 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Merrylands - Holroyd at 70.1% (vs 18.4% in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow).
Merrylands - Holroyd has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Balgownie - Fairy Meadow's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 7% higher in Merrylands - Holroyd ($1.43M vs $1.34M).
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Plan the move: Balgownie - Fairy Meadow → Merrylands - Holroyd