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Move comparison · VIC → NSW

Moving to Oran Park from Melton West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Oran Park and Melton West, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton West
VIC · current home
Oran Park
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
22,710
25,695
Annual growth
+0.4%
+6.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,621/wk
$2,349/wk
Overseas born
28.8%
34.1%
Non-English-speaking background
29.2%
40.8%
Children aged 0–14
25.7%
29.9%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 2
Decile 8
IRSAD score
920
1,062
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
959
1,024
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
999
1,059
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
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—
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$563,500
$1.2M
House price YoY
+7.3%
+8.7%
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.
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$680
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
4
0
Parks nearby
35
25
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
908
565
Change vs prior year
-3%
-6%

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 in-area government school for Melton West (VIC catchment data).

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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 · Oran Park
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Barramurra Public School

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

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,182
ICSEA 1044
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Oran Park (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Oran Park Anglican College
Independent 1,191 students
ICSEA 1086 intake context
St Benedict's Catholic College
Catholic 1,074 students
ICSEA 1040 intake context
St Justin's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 831 students
ICSEA 1051 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

Oran Park has stronger government school academic context than Melton West, with an average ICSEA of 1,024 compared to 959. 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 Oran Park 1,059 (3 schools), Melton West 999 (3 schools).

There are 6 schools in Oran Park, compared to 8 in Melton West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Oran Park at 40.8% (vs 29.2% in Melton West).

Oran Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Melton West's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 112% higher in Oran Park ($1.2M vs $563,500).

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