Moving to Orange from Kingswood (Werrington area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Orange and Kingswood - Werrington, side by side - all from public government data.
Orange has 19,154 people (ABS, June 2025), 0.0% in a year, a median house price of $765,000 and 13 schools. Full Orange 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.
Kingswood Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kingswood - Werrington.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kingswood - Werrington (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 Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Orange.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Orange (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
Orange's government schools have an average ICSEA of 903, compared to 953 in Kingswood - Werrington. 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 1,050 (5 schools), Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools).
There are 13 schools in Orange, compared to 11 in Kingswood - Werrington.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Orange at 6.7% (vs 31.7% in Kingswood - Werrington).
Orange has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Kingswood - Werrington's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 35% lower in Orange ($765,000 vs $1.18M).
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What is the population of Orange?
19,154 people lived in Orange at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of 0.0% over the year. Kingswood (Werrington area) had 28,330.
Are houses cheaper in Orange than in Kingswood (Werrington area)?
Yes. The median house price is $765,000 in Orange and $1.18M in Kingswood (Werrington area), 35% lower in Orange.
How many schools are in Orange?
ACARA lists 13 schools in Orange, against 11 in Kingswood (Werrington area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Kingswood - Werrington → Orange