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Moving to St Ives from Lindfield - Roseville

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for St Ives and Lindfield - Roseville, side by side - all from public government data.

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Lindfield - Roseville

NSW · current home

St Ives

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

25,620

22,932

Annual growth

-0.1%

+0.8%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$3,125/wk

$2,965/wk

Overseas born

40.5%

47.6%

Non-English-speaking background

34.9%

34.1%

Children aged 0–14

20.3%

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 10

IRSAD score

1,169

1,162

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,150

1,108

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,174

1,150

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$4.2M

$3M

House price YoY

+5.3%

-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.

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)

230

294

Change vs prior year

+16%

-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 · Lindfield - Roseville

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lindfield Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lindfield - Roseville.

Sector Government

Years K-6

Students 584

ICSEA 1162

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

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lindfield - Roseville (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)

Roseville College

Independent 1,060 students

ICSEA 1191 intake context

Holy Family Catholic Primary School

Catholic 259 students

ICSEA 1168 intake context

Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School

Independent 98 students

ICSEA 1164 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 1,150 in Lindfield - Roseville. 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), Lindfield - Roseville 1,174 (3 schools).

There are 8 schools in St Ives, compared to 10 in Lindfield - Roseville.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 24 in St Ives vs 23 in Lindfield - Roseville.

Median house prices are 28% lower in St Ives ($3M vs $4.2M).

Similar suburbs near St Ives

Balmain NSW

House$2.79M

Gov ICSEA1,152

Schools4

Childcare12