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Moving to Nowra from Berry - Kangaroo Valley

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Nowra and Berry - Kangaroo Valley, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Berry - Kangaroo Valley
NSW · current home
Nowra
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
9,523
23,716
Annual growth
+1.1%
+0.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,429/wk
$1,304/wk
Overseas born
15.9%
12.3%
Non-English-speaking background
3.1%
7.7%
Children aged 0–14
13.8%
19.8%
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 7
Decile 2
IRSAD score
1,031
900
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,054
915
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
984
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
7
27
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.62M
$780,000
House price YoY
+4.3%
+9.1%
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.
-
$570
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
21
24
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
117
3,120
Change vs prior year
+4%
+2%

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 · Berry - Kangaroo Valley
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Berry Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Berry - Kangaroo Valley.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 268
ICSEA 1067
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Berry - Kangaroo Valley (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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To · Nowra
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Nowra Public School

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

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 517
ICSEA 904
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Nowra (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)
St John the Evangelist Catholic High School
Catholic 935 students
ICSEA 1028 intake context
Nowra Christian School
Independent 572 students
ICSEA 1033 intake context
St Michael's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 537 students
ICSEA 994 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

Nowra's government schools have an average ICSEA of 915, compared to 1,054 in Berry - Kangaroo Valley. 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 Nowra 984 (4 schools), Berry - Kangaroo Valley none in this SA2.

There are 10 schools in Nowra, compared to 3 in Berry - Kangaroo Valley.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 27 in Nowra vs 7 in Berry - Kangaroo Valley.

Nowra has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Berry - Kangaroo Valley's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 52% lower in Nowra ($780,000 vs $1.62M).

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