Moving to Merrylands - Holroyd from Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Merrylands - Holroyd and Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, 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.
Wirreanda Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Merrylands - Holroyd (ICSEA 948) and Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (940).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school), Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah 1,029 (2 schools).
Childcare services matched by postcode: 39 in Merrylands - Holroyd vs 12 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Merrylands - Holroyd at 70.1% (vs 3.5% in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah).
Merrylands - Holroyd has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 40% higher in Merrylands - Holroyd ($1.43M vs $1.02M).
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