Moving to Merrylands - Holroyd from Wentworthville - Westmead
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Merrylands - Holroyd and Wentworthville - Westmead, 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.
Wentworthville Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wentworthville - Westmead.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wentworthville - Westmead (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Merrylands Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.
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.
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.
Merrylands - Holroyd's government schools have an average ICSEA of 948, compared to 1,114 in Wentworthville - Westmead. 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), Wentworthville - Westmead 1,104 (3 schools).
There are 6 schools in Merrylands - Holroyd, compared to 5 in Wentworthville - Westmead.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 37 in Merrylands - Holroyd vs 36 in Wentworthville - Westmead.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Merrylands - Holroyd at 70.1% (vs 76.5% in Wentworthville - Westmead).
Merrylands - Holroyd has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Wentworthville - Westmead's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 6% lower in Merrylands - Holroyd ($1.39M vs $1.48M).
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