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Moving to Merrylands - Holroyd from Beaconsfield - Officer

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Merrylands - Holroyd and Beaconsfield - Officer, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Beaconsfield - Officer
VIC · current home
Merrylands - Holroyd
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
29,524
27,002
Annual growth
+4.3%
+4.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,146/wk
$1,461/wk
Overseas born
30.3%
51.1%
Non-English-speaking background
26.6%
70.1%
Children aged 0–14
23.1%
20.4%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,036
942
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,026
948
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,063
1,050
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
7
39
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$960,000
$1.43M
House price YoY
+1.1%
+4.6%
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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$800
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
7
4
Supermarkets nearby
2
3
Parks nearby
68
38
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
508
3,156
Change vs prior year
+43%
0%

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 · Beaconsfield - Officer
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kurmile Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Beaconsfield - Officer.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 107
ICSEA 1008
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis Xavier College
Catholic 2,797 students
ICSEA 1043 intake context
St Brigid's School
Catholic 375 students
ICSEA 1082 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Merrylands - Holroyd
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Merrylands Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 620
ICSEA 936
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Margaret Mary's Primary School
Catholic 574 students
ICSEA 1050 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

Merrylands - Holroyd has weaker government school academic context than Beaconsfield - Officer, with an average ICSEA of 948 compared to 1,026. 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), Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Merrylands - Holroyd, compared to 10 in Beaconsfield - Officer.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 39 in Merrylands - Holroyd vs 7 in Beaconsfield - Officer.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Merrylands - Holroyd at 70.1% (vs 26.6% in Beaconsfield - Officer).

Merrylands - Holroyd has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Beaconsfield - Officer's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 48% higher in Merrylands - Holroyd ($1.43M vs $960,000).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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