Moving to Schofields - East from Tamworth - East
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Schofields - East and Tamworth - East, 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.
Tamworth South Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tamworth - East.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Tamworth - East (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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Riverbank Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Schofields - East.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Schofields - East (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.
Schofields - East's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,107, compared to 858 in Tamworth - East. 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 Schofields - East 1,106 (3 schools), Tamworth - East 973 (4 schools).
There are 8 schools in Schofields - East, compared to 11 in Tamworth - East.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 19 in Schofields - East vs 12 in Tamworth - East.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Schofields - East at 60.5% (vs 6.5% in Tamworth - East).
Schofields - East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Tamworth - East's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 112% higher in Schofields - East ($1.38M vs $650,000).
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Plan the move: Tamworth - East → Schofields - East