Moving to Quakers Hill from Tamworth (East area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Quakers Hill and Tamworth - East, 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.
Tamworth South Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tamworth - East.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Tamworth - East (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 858 in Tamworth - East. 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), Tamworth - East 973 (4 schools).
There are 5 schools in Quakers Hill, compared to 11 in Tamworth - East.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Quakers Hill vs 12 in Tamworth - East.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Quakers Hill at 45.8% (vs 6.5% in Tamworth - East).
Quakers Hill has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Tamworth - East's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 108% higher in Quakers Hill ($1.35M vs $650,000).
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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. Tamworth (East area) had 22,677.
Are houses cheaper in Quakers Hill than in Tamworth (East area)?
No. The median house price is $1.35M in Quakers Hill and $650,000 in Tamworth (East area), 108% higher in Quakers Hill.
How many schools are in Quakers Hill?
ACARA lists 5 schools in Quakers Hill, against 11 in Tamworth (East area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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