Moving to Sawtell - Boambee from Coffs Harbour - North
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Sawtell - Boambee and Coffs Harbour - North, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Tyalla Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Coffs Harbour - North.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Coffs Harbour - North (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.
William Bayldon Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Sawtell - Boambee.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Sawtell - Boambee (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.
Sawtell - Boambee's government schools have an average ICSEA of 935, compared to 905 in Coffs Harbour - North. 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 Sawtell - Boambee 1,037 (3 schools), Coffs Harbour - North 1,072 (1 school).
There are 11 schools in Sawtell - Boambee, compared to 4 in Coffs Harbour - North.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Sawtell - Boambee at 4.7% (vs 11.7% in Coffs Harbour - North).
Median house prices are 16% lower in Sawtell - Boambee ($869,000 vs $1.03M).
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Plan the move: Coffs Harbour - North → Sawtell - Boambee