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Moving to Shellharbour - Flinders from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Shellharbour - Flinders and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · current home
Shellharbour - Flinders
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
21,774
20,964
Annual growth
+0.5%
+2.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,164/wk
$2,127/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
16.1%
Non-English-speaking background
47.5%
12.5%
Children aged 0–14
26.8%
20.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 10
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,144
1,034
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
1,017
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,075
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.63M
$1.17M
House price YoY
+3.9%
+7.1%
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.
$760
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
2
Parks nearby
25
51
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
171
301
Change vs prior year
-7%
-9%

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 · Shellharbour - Flinders
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Shell Cove Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Shellharbour - Flinders.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 463
ICSEA 1049
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Shellharbour Anglican College
Independent 981 students
ICSEA 1099 intake context
Stella Maris Catholic Primary School
Catholic 405 students
ICSEA 1050 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

Shellharbour - Flinders has weaker government school academic context than Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, with an average ICSEA of 1,017 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 Shellharbour - Flinders 1,075 (2 schools), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Shellharbour - Flinders, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Shellharbour - Flinders at 12.5% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Shellharbour - Flinders has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 28% lower in Shellharbour - Flinders ($1.17M vs $1.63M).

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Plan the move: Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds → Shellharbour - Flinders