Moving to Orange - North from Orange Surrounds
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Orange - North and Orange Surrounds, 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.
Borenore Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Orange Surrounds.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Orange Surrounds (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.
Bletchington Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Orange - North.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Orange - North (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.
Orange - North's government schools have an average ICSEA of 938, compared to 965 in Orange Surrounds. 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 Orange - North 1,027 (2 schools), Orange Surrounds 1,015 (2 schools).
There are 3 schools in Orange - North, compared to 14 in Orange Surrounds.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 33 in Orange - North vs 10 in Orange Surrounds.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Orange - North at 8.8% (vs 2.1% in Orange Surrounds).
Median house prices are 37% higher in Orange - North ($765,000 vs $560,000).
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Plan the move: Orange Surrounds → Orange - North