Moving to Oran Park from Thornton - Millers Forest
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Oran Park and Thornton - Millers Forest, 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.
Thornton Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Thornton - Millers Forest.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Thornton - Millers Forest (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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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.
Oran Park's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,024, compared to 947 in Thornton - Millers Forest. 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), Thornton - Millers Forest 1,034 (3 schools).
There are 6 schools in Oran Park, compared to 5 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Oran Park vs 13 in Thornton - Millers Forest.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Oran Park at 40.8% (vs 8.1% in Thornton - Millers Forest).
Oran Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Thornton - Millers Forest's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 44% higher in Oran Park ($1.23M vs $857,000).
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Plan the move: Thornton - Millers Forest → Oran Park