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Moving to Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side — all from public government data.

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Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

NSW · current home

Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

21,774

19,954

Annual growth

+0.5%

+3.3%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$3,164/wk

$1,835/wk

Overseas born

45.5%

9.2%

Non-English-speaking background

47.5%

5.9%

Children aged 0–14

26.8%

23.0%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 10

Decile 4

IRSAD score

1,144

955

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,090

940

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

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1,003

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.63M

$852,000

House price YoY

+3.9%

+15.1%

Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) — not that rent is unavailable there.

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$620

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

171

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Change vs prior year

-7%

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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 →

Which school is zoned?

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

From · Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

John Palmer Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Sector Government

Years K-6

Students 950

ICSEA 1125

A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data).

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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 in-area government school for Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn (NSW catchment data).

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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

Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn has weaker government school academic context than Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, with an average ICSEA of 940 compared to 1,090. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn 1,003 (2 schools), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.

There are 5 schools in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn at 5.9% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 48% lower in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn ($852,000 vs $1.63M).

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