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Moving to Merrylands - Holroyd from Truganina - South West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Merrylands - Holroyd and Truganina - South West, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Truganina - South West
VIC · current home
Merrylands - Holroyd
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
20,395
27,002
Annual growth
+0.7%
+4.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,947/wk
$1,461/wk
Overseas born
55.5%
51.1%
Non-English-speaking background
72.1%
70.1%
Children aged 0–14
30.9%
20.4%
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 5
Decile 3
IRSAD score
995
942
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,041
948
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,101
1,050
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
-
37
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$672,000
$1.39M
House price YoY
+0.7%
+6.5%
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.
-
$750
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb - not that it has no transport.
30 min
-
GPs nearby
0
4
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
35
38
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW and Victorian crime figures cannot be compared
NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025) and CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026) record crime on different bases - police recording practices differ between states, so a count from one is not comparable to a count from the other. We do not place them side by side.

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 · Truganina - South West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Dohertys Creek P-9 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Truganina - South West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-9
Students 1,698
ICSEA 1070
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Truganina - South West is Dohertys Creek P-9 College - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Al-Taqwa College
Independent 2,617 students
ICSEA 1069 intake context
Westbourne Grammar School
Independent 2,121 students
ICSEA 1166 intake context
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 442 students
ICSEA 1069 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 · 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 government school for the centre of Merrylands - Holroyd (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 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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 948, compared to 1,041 in Truganina - South West. 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 Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).

There are 6 schools in Merrylands - Holroyd, compared to 5 in Truganina - South West.

Merrylands - Holroyd has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Truganina - South West's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 106% higher in Merrylands - Holroyd ($1.39M vs $672,000).

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Childcare2
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$1.36M
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Childcare15
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$1.36M
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Childcare6
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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