Moving to Quakers Hill from Port Macquarie (West area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Quakers Hill and Port Macquarie - West, side by side - all from public government data.
Quakers Hill has 26,132 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.5% in a year, a median house price of $1.35M, 5 schools and 22 childcare services. Full Quakers Hill 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.
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.
Barnier Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Quakers Hill.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Quakers Hill (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
Quakers Hill's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,045, compared to 904 in Port Macquarie - West. 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 Quakers Hill 1,098 (1 school), Port Macquarie - West 1,016 (9 schools).
There are 5 schools in Quakers Hill, compared to 11 in Port Macquarie - West.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Quakers Hill vs 2 in Port Macquarie - West.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Quakers Hill at 45.8% (vs 6.6% in Port Macquarie - West).
Quakers Hill has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Port Macquarie - West's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 42% higher in Quakers Hill ($1.35M vs $950,000).
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What is the population of Quakers Hill?
26,132 people lived in Quakers Hill at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.5% over the year. Port Macquarie (West area) had 23,991.
Are houses cheaper in Quakers Hill than in Port Macquarie (West area)?
No. The median house price is $1.35M in Quakers Hill and $950,000 in Port Macquarie (West area), 42% higher in Quakers Hill.
How many schools are in Quakers Hill?
ACARA lists 5 schools in Quakers Hill, against 11 in Port Macquarie (West area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Port Macquarie - West → Quakers Hill