Moving to Morisset (Cooranbong area) from Thornton (Millers Forest area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Morisset - Cooranbong and Thornton - Millers Forest, side by side - all from public government data.
Morisset (Cooranbong area) has 21,067 people (ABS, June 2025), +3.5% in a year, a median house price of $1.02M, 8 schools and 19 childcare services. Full Morisset (Cooranbong area) suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Thornton Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Thornton - Millers Forest.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Thornton - Millers Forest (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.
Morisset Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Morisset - Cooranbong.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Morisset - Cooranbong (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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Morisset - Cooranbong and Thornton - Millers Forest have a similar average ICSEA (938 and 947) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Morisset - Cooranbong 1,006 (3 schools), Thornton - Millers Forest 1,034 (3 schools).
There are 8 schools in Morisset - Cooranbong, compared to 5 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 19 in Morisset - Cooranbong vs 14 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
Morisset - Cooranbong has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Thornton - Millers Forest's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 19% higher in Morisset - Cooranbong ($1.02M vs $857,000).
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What is the population of Morisset (Cooranbong area)?
21,067 people lived in Morisset (Cooranbong area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +3.5% over the year. Thornton (Millers Forest area) had 19,925.
Are houses cheaper in Morisset (Cooranbong area) than in Thornton (Millers Forest area)?
No. The median house price is $1.02M in Morisset (Cooranbong area) and $857,000 in Thornton (Millers Forest area), 19% higher in Morisset (Cooranbong area).
How many schools are in Morisset (Cooranbong area)?
ACARA lists 8 schools in Morisset (Cooranbong area), against 5 in Thornton (Millers Forest area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Thornton - Millers Forest → Morisset - Cooranbong