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Moving to Mount Druitt - Whalan from Melton West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Mount Druitt - Whalan and Melton West, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton West
VIC · current home
Mount Druitt - Whalan
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,710
24,378
Annual growth
+0.4%
+0.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,621/wk
$1,392/wk
Overseas born
28.8%
46.4%
Non-English-speaking background
29.2%
56.2%
Children aged 0–14
25.7%
23.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 2
Decile 1
IRSAD score
920
883
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
11
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
959
925
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
999
1,006
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
25
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$637,000
$980,000
House price YoY
+17.0%
+15.2%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.
-
$550
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb - not that it has no transport.
40 min
-
GPs nearby
0
6
Supermarkets nearby
4
4
Parks nearby
35
33
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW and Victorian crime figures cannot be compared
NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025) and CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026) record crime on different bases - police recording practices differ between states, so a count from one is not comparable to a count from the other. We do not place them side by side.

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 →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Melton West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wedge Park Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Melton West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 848
ICSEA 976
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Melton West (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis Catholic College
Catholic 1,846 students
ICSEA 1012 intake context
OneSchool Global Vic
Independent 556 students
ICSEA 984 intake context
St Catherine of Siena School
Catholic 522 students
ICSEA 1002 intake context

Fee-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.

To · Mount Druitt - Whalan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Druitt PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Sector Government

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Australian Islamic College of Sydney
Independent 1,289 students
ICSEA 1077 intake context
CathWest Innovation College
Catholic 385 students
ICSEA 1013 intake context
St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College
Independent 279 students
ICSEA 966 intake context

Fee-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

Mount Druitt - Whalan's government schools have an average ICSEA of 925, compared to 959 in Melton West. 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 Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools), Melton West 999 (3 schools).

There are 11 schools in Mount Druitt - Whalan, compared to 8 in Melton West.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 25 in Mount Druitt - Whalan vs 9 in Melton West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Mount Druitt - Whalan at 56.2% (vs 29.2% in Melton West).

Mount Druitt - Whalan has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Melton West's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 54% higher in Mount Druitt - Whalan ($980,000 vs $637,000).

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