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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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Comparing
Asquith - Mount Colah
NSW · current home
St Ives
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
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)
Decile 9
Decile 10
IRSAD score
1,107
1,162
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,086
1,108
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,124
1,150
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
7
24
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.86M
$3.15M
House price YoY
+4.7%
+1.4%
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.
$850
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
3
Supermarkets nearby
4
5
Parks nearby
23
23
Train stations
3
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
168
290
Change vs prior year
-2%
-30%

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 in-area government school for Asquith - Mount Colah (NSW catchment data).

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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 in-area government school for St Ives (NSW catchment data).

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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 has stronger government school academic context than Asquith - Mount Colah, with an average ICSEA of 1,108 compared to 1,086. 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 St Ives 1,150 (3 schools), Asquith - Mount Colah 1,124 (1 school).

Childcare services matched by postcode: 24 in St Ives vs 7 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 69% higher in St Ives ($3.15M vs $1.86M).

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