Moving to Orange Surrounds from Kingswood (Werrington area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Orange Surrounds and Kingswood - Werrington, side by side - all from public government data.
Orange Surrounds has 12,138 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.7% in a year, a median house price of $560,000, 14 schools and 10 childcare services. Full Orange Surrounds 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) . 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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Orange Surrounds and Kingswood - Werrington have a similar average ICSEA (965 and 953) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Orange Surrounds 1,015 (2 schools), Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools).
There are 14 schools in Orange Surrounds, compared to 11 in Kingswood - Werrington.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Orange Surrounds at 2.1% (vs 31.7% in Kingswood - Werrington).
Orange Surrounds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Kingswood - Werrington's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 52% lower in Orange Surrounds ($560,000 vs $1.18M).
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What is the population of Orange Surrounds?
12,138 people lived in Orange Surrounds at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.7% over the year. Kingswood (Werrington area) had 28,330.
Are houses cheaper in Orange Surrounds than in Kingswood (Werrington area)?
Yes. The median house price is $560,000 in Orange Surrounds and $1.18M in Kingswood (Werrington area), 52% lower in Orange Surrounds.
How many schools are in Orange Surrounds?
ACARA lists 14 schools in Orange Surrounds, 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 Surrounds