Moving to Mount Druitt - Whalan from Charlestown - Dudley
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Mount Druitt - Whalan and Charlestown - Dudley, 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.
Charlestown Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Charlestown - Dudley.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Charlestown - Dudley (NSW catchment data).
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Mt Druitt PS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Mount Druitt - Whalan (NSW catchment data).
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.
Mount Druitt - Whalan has weaker government school academic context than Charlestown - Dudley, with an average ICSEA of 925 compared to 1,002. 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 Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools), Charlestown - Dudley 1,062 (3 schools).
There are 11 schools in Mount Druitt - Whalan, compared to 14 in Charlestown - Dudley.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Mount Druitt - Whalan at 56.2% (vs 7.1% in Charlestown - Dudley).
Mount Druitt - Whalan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Charlestown - Dudley's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 12% lower in Mount Druitt - Whalan ($980,000 vs $1.11M).
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