Moving to Shellharbour (Flinders area) from Schofields (East area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Shellharbour - Flinders and Schofields - East, side by side - all from public government data.
Shellharbour (Flinders area) has 20,964 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.3% in a year, a median house price of $1.27M, 6 schools and 17 childcare services. Full Shellharbour (Flinders area) suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
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.
Shell Cove Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Shellharbour - Flinders.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Shellharbour - Flinders (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.
Honest tradeoff
Shellharbour - Flinders's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,017, compared to 1,107 in Schofields - 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 Shellharbour - Flinders 1,075 (2 schools), Schofields - East 1,106 (3 schools).
There are 6 schools in Shellharbour - Flinders, compared to 8 in Schofields - East.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 17 in Shellharbour - Flinders vs 19 in Schofields - East.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Shellharbour - Flinders at 12.5% (vs 60.5% in Schofields - East).
Shellharbour - Flinders has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Schofields - East's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 7% lower in Shellharbour - Flinders ($1.27M vs $1.38M).
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What is the population of Shellharbour (Flinders area)?
20,964 people lived in Shellharbour (Flinders area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.3% over the year. Schofields (East area) had 38,569.
Are houses cheaper in Shellharbour (Flinders area) than in Schofields (East area)?
Yes. The median house price is $1.27M in Shellharbour (Flinders area) and $1.38M in Schofields (East area), 7% lower in Shellharbour (Flinders area).
How many schools are in Shellharbour (Flinders area)?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Shellharbour (Flinders area), against 8 in Schofields (East area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Schofields - East → Shellharbour - Flinders