Moving to Port Macquarie - West from Marsden Park - Shanes Park
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Port Macquarie - West and Marsden Park - Shanes Park, 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.
Northbourne Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Marsden Park - Shanes Park (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.
Westport Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Port Macquarie - West.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Port Macquarie - West (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.
Port Macquarie - West's government schools have an average ICSEA of 904, compared to 1,089 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park. 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 Port Macquarie - West 1,016 (9 schools), Marsden Park - Shanes Park 1,080 (3 schools).
There are 11 schools in Port Macquarie - West, compared to 6 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 2 in Port Macquarie - West vs 13 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Port Macquarie - West at 6.6% (vs 61.3% in Marsden Park - Shanes Park).
Port Macquarie - West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Marsden Park - Shanes Park's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 26% lower in Port Macquarie - West ($950,000 vs $1.28M).
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Plan the move: Marsden Park - Shanes Park → Port Macquarie - West