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Moving to Schofields - East from Wagga Wagga - South

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Schofields - East and Wagga Wagga - South, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Wagga Wagga - South
NSW · current home
Schofields - East
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,259
38,569
Annual growth
0.0%
+7.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,609/wk
$2,682/wk
Overseas born
12.5%
54.0%
Non-English-speaking background
11.3%
60.5%
Children aged 0–14
21.7%
28.0%
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 3
Decile 10
IRSAD score
947
1,130
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
12
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
885
1,107
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,031
1,106
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
7
19
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$700,000
$1.38M
House price YoY
+9.4%
+7.6%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$550
$745
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
1
2
Parks nearby
24
15
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,897
564
Change vs prior year
+9%
-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 · Wagga Wagga - South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Turvey Park Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wagga Wagga - South.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 283
ICSEA 944
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wagga Wagga - South (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)
Kildare Catholic College
Catholic 972 students
ICSEA 1028 intake context
Henschke Primary School
Catholic 603 students
ICSEA 1029 intake context
Saint Mary MacKillop Colleges Limited
Independent 198 students
ICSEA 1078 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.

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 government school for the centre of Schofields - East (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)
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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,107, compared to 885 in Wagga Wagga - South. 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), Wagga Wagga - South 1,031 (4 schools).

There are 8 schools in Schofields - East, compared to 12 in Wagga Wagga - South.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 19 in Schofields - East vs 7 in Wagga Wagga - South.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Schofields - East at 60.5% (vs 11.3% in Wagga Wagga - South).

Schofields - East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Wagga Wagga - South's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 97% higher in Schofields - East ($1.38M vs $700,000).

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