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Moving to Shellharbour - Flinders from St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Shellharbour - Flinders and St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay
NSW · current home
Shellharbour - Flinders
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
15,444
20,964
Annual growth
+0.5%
+2.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,098/wk
$2,127/wk
Overseas born
13.7%
16.1%
Non-English-speaking background
5.0%
12.5%
Children aged 0–14
15.4%
20.0%
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 2
Decile 7
IRSAD score
911
1,034
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
934
1,017
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,075
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
17
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$878,000
$1.27M
House price YoY
-0.8%
+9.7%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$580
$750
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
1
2
Parks nearby
18
51
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
89
301
Change vs prior year
-10%
-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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

St Georges Basin Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 365
ICSEA 959
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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 government school for the centre of Shellharbour - Flinders (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)
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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,017, compared to 934 in St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay. 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), St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Shellharbour - Flinders, compared to 2 in St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 17 in Shellharbour - Flinders vs 9 in St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Shellharbour - Flinders at 12.5% (vs 5.0% in St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay).

Shellharbour - Flinders has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above St Georges Basin - Erowal Bay's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 45% higher in Shellharbour - Flinders ($1.27M vs $878,000).

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