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Moving to Swansea - Caves Beach from Baulkham Hills - East

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Swansea - Caves Beach and Baulkham Hills - East, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Baulkham Hills - East
NSW · current home
Swansea - Caves Beach
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
25,268
13,147
Annual growth
+0.5%
+1.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,389/wk
$1,419/wk
Overseas born
41.9%
11.0%
Non-English-speaking background
43.7%
3.7%
Children aged 0–14
21.9%
16.5%
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 5
IRSAD score
1,106
980
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,135
984
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,116
1,041
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
33
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.95M
$1.3M
House price YoY
+5.3%
+12.1%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$850
$730
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
4
3
Parks nearby
20
16
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
698
502
Change vs prior year
+2%
-1%

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 · Baulkham Hills - East
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Jasper Rd PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Baulkham Hills - East.

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Baulkham Hills - East (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)
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School
Catholic 403 students
ICSEA 1119 intake context
Woodbury
Independent 22 students
ICSEA 1112 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 · Swansea - Caves Beach
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Caves Beach Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Swansea - Caves Beach.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 349
ICSEA 1019
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Swansea - Caves Beach (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 Primary School
Catholic 165 students
ICSEA 1041 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

Swansea - Caves Beach's government schools have an average ICSEA of 984, compared to 1,135 in Baulkham Hills - 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 Swansea - Caves Beach 1,041 (1 school), Baulkham Hills - East 1,116 (2 schools).

There are 5 schools in Swansea - Caves Beach, compared to 6 in Baulkham Hills - East.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Swansea - Caves Beach vs 33 in Baulkham Hills - East.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Swansea - Caves Beach at 3.7% (vs 43.7% in Baulkham Hills - East).

Swansea - Caves Beach has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Baulkham Hills - East's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 33% lower in Swansea - Caves Beach ($1.3M vs $1.95M).

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