Moving to Oran Park from Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Oran Park and Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, side by side - all from public government data.
Oran Park has 25,695 people (ABS, June 2025), +6.7% in a year, a median house price of $1.23M, 6 schools and 9 childcare services. Full Oran Park 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.
Mount Ousley Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Balgownie - Fairy Meadow (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.
Barramurra Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Oran Park.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Oran Park (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
Oran Park's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,024, compared to 1,053 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow. 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 Oran Park 1,059 (3 schools), Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools).
There are 6 schools in Oran Park, compared to 10 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Oran Park vs 18 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Oran Park at 40.8% (vs 18.4% in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow).
Oran Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Balgownie - Fairy Meadow's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 10% lower in Oran Park ($1.23M vs $1.37M).
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What is the population of Oran Park?
25,695 people lived in Oran Park at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +6.7% over the year. Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) had 22,303.
Are houses cheaper in Oran Park than in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)?
Yes. The median house price is $1.23M in Oran Park and $1.37M in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area), 10% lower in Oran Park.
How many schools are in Oran Park?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Oran Park, against 10 in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Balgownie - Fairy Meadow → Oran Park