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Moving to Rooty Hill - Minchinbury from Mount Druitt - Whalan

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Rooty Hill - Minchinbury and Mount Druitt - Whalan, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Mount Druitt - Whalan
NSW · current home
Rooty Hill - Minchinbury
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
24,378
23,226
Annual growth
+0.7%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,392/wk
$2,050/wk
Overseas born
46.4%
45.9%
Non-English-speaking background
56.2%
51.9%
Children aged 0–14
23.8%
20.5%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 1
Decile 5
IRSAD score
883
974
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
925
975
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
1,030
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
25
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$980,000
$1.19M
House price YoY
+15.2%
+9.2%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$550
$650
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
6
1
Supermarkets nearby
4
4
Parks nearby
33
37
Train stations
1
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
6,590
840
Change vs prior year
-42%
-4%

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 →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Mount Druitt - Whalan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Druitt PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Mount Druitt - Whalan (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Australian Islamic College of Sydney
Independent 1,289 students
ICSEA 1077 intake context
CathWest Innovation College
Catholic 385 students
ICSEA 1013 intake context
St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College
Independent 279 students
ICSEA 966 intake context

Fee-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.

To · Rooty Hill - Minchinbury
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Rooty Hill Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rooty Hill - Minchinbury.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 645
ICSEA 990
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Rooty Hill - Minchinbury (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Agnes Catholic High School
Catholic 926 students
ICSEA 1007 intake context
St Aidan's Primary School
Catholic 391 students
ICSEA 1052 intake context

Fee-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

Rooty Hill - Minchinbury's government schools have an average ICSEA of 975, compared to 925 in Mount Druitt - Whalan. 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 Rooty Hill - Minchinbury 1,030 (2 schools), Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools).

There are 6 schools in Rooty Hill - Minchinbury, compared to 11 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Rooty Hill - Minchinbury vs 25 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Rooty Hill - Minchinbury has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Mount Druitt - Whalan's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 21% higher in Rooty Hill - Minchinbury ($1.19M vs $980,000).

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House$1.14M
Gov ICSEA933
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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