Moving to Mount Druitt - Whalan from Dapto - Avondale
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Mount Druitt - Whalan and Dapto - Avondale, 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.
Koonawarra Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dapto - Avondale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Dapto - Avondale (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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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 government school for the centre of Mount Druitt - Whalan (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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Mount Druitt - Whalan (ICSEA 925) and Dapto - Avondale (936).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools), Dapto - Avondale 1,038 (1 school).
There are 11 schools in Mount Druitt - Whalan, compared to 7 in Dapto - Avondale.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 25 in Mount Druitt - Whalan vs 23 in Dapto - Avondale.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Mount Druitt - Whalan at 56.2% (vs 7.6% in Dapto - Avondale).
Mount Druitt - Whalan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Dapto - Avondale's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: Dapto - Avondale → Mount Druitt - Whalan