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Moving to Oran Park from Wauchope

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Oran Park and Wauchope, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Wauchope
NSW · current home
Oran Park
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
13,754
25,695
Annual growth
+1.9%
+6.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,355/wk
$2,349/wk
Overseas born
8.0%
34.1%
Non-English-speaking background
2.2%
40.8%
Children aged 0–14
19.7%
29.9%
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 3
Decile 8
IRSAD score
931
1,062
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
918
1,024
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,011
1,059
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
10
9
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$790,000
$1.23M
House price YoY
+7.5%
+9.6%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$580
$725
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
16
25
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
598
570
Change vs prior year
-13%
-5%

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 · Wauchope
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wauchope Public School

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

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 624
ICSEA 900
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wauchope (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 Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 277 students
ICSEA 1011 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 government school for the centre of Oran Park (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)
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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,024, compared to 918 in Wauchope. 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), Wauchope 1,011 (1 school).

There are 6 schools in Oran Park, compared to 4 in Wauchope.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Oran Park vs 10 in Wauchope.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Oran Park at 40.8% (vs 2.2% in Wauchope).

Oran Park has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Wauchope's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 56% higher in Oran Park ($1.23M vs $790,000).

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