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Moving to St Ives from Asquith - Mount Colah

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for St Ives and Asquith - Mount Colah, side by side - all from public government data.

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Asquith - Mount Colah

NSW · current home

St Ives

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

23,527

22,932

Annual growth

+1.0%

+0.8%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,450/wk

$2,965/wk

Overseas born

36.4%

47.6%

Non-English-speaking background

30.1%

34.1%

Children aged 0–14

20.7%

21.0%

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 9

Decile 10

IRSAD score

1,107

1,162

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,086

1,108

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,124

1,150

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.93M

$3M

House price YoY

+7.9%

-7.7%

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.

$890

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)

169

294

Change vs prior year

-2%

-29%

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 · Asquith - Mount Colah

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Colah PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Asquith - Mount Colah.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Asquith - Mount Colah (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)

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School

Catholic 223 students

ICSEA 1124 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 · St Ives

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

St Ives Park Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in St Ives.

Sector Government

Years K-6

Students 143

ICSEA 1113

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of St Ives (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)

Brigidine College St Ives

Independent 793 students

ICSEA 1148 intake context

Masada College

Independent 368 students

ICSEA 1162 intake context

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School

Catholic 221 students

ICSEA 1141 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

St Ives's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,108, compared to 1,086 in Asquith - Mount Colah. 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 St Ives 1,150 (3 schools), Asquith - Mount Colah 1,124 (1 school).

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 24 in St Ives vs 17 in Asquith - Mount Colah.

St Ives has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Asquith - Mount Colah's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 56% higher in St Ives ($3M vs $1.93M).

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House$2.79M

Gov ICSEA1,152

Schools4

Childcare12