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Moving to Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn from Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn and Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
NSW · current home
Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,880
19,954
Annual growth
+0.4%
+3.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,239/wk
$1,835/wk
Overseas born
12.4%
9.2%
Non-English-speaking background
6.0%
5.9%
Children aged 0–14
17.2%
23.0%
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 4
IRSAD score
891
955
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
933
940
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,003
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
12
6
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$885,000
$851,000
House price YoY
+10.6%
+13.8%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$620
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
4
Supermarkets nearby
4
3
Parks nearby
30
10
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
583
-
Change vs prior year
-5%
-

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 · Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kanwal Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 500
ICSEA 942
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven (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.

To · Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Rutherford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,007
ICSEA 933
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn (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 Joseph's College
Catholic 973 students
ICSEA 996 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 577 students
ICSEA 1009 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn (ICSEA 940) and Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven (933).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn 1,003 (2 schools), Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven none in this SA2.

There are 5 schools in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, compared to 4 in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 6 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn vs 12 in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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