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Moving to Schofields - East from Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Schofields - East and Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · current home
Schofields - East
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
35,856
38,569
Annual growth
+14.7%
+7.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,123/wk
$2,682/wk
Overseas born
46.0%
54.0%
Non-English-speaking background
62.6%
60.5%
Children aged 0–14
24.6%
28.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 10
IRSAD score
1,029
1,130
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,030
1,107
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
—
1,106
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
15
72
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$600,700
$1.33M
House price YoY
+0.2%
+5.5%
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.
—
$750
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.
36 min
—
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
111
15
Train stations
4
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
559
565
Change vs prior year
+117%
-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 · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 1,323
ICSEA 1058
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This is the zoned in-area government school for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data).

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To · Schofields - East
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Riverbank Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Schofields - East.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 2,030
ICSEA 1141
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Schofields - East (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Rouse Hill Anglican College
Independent 1,578 students
ICSEA 1137 intake context
St John Paul II Catholic College
Catholic 1,159 students
ICSEA 1074 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 724 students
ICSEA 1108 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

Schofields - East has stronger government school academic context than Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, with an average ICSEA of 1,107 compared to 1,030. 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 Schofields - East 1,106 (3 schools), Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2.

There are 8 schools in Schofields - East, compared to 5 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 72 in Schofields - East vs 15 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Schofields - East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Rockbank - Mount Cottrell's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 122% higher in Schofields - East ($1.33M vs $600,700).

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Plan the move: Rockbank - Mount Cottrell → Schofields - East