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Moving to Swansea - Caves Beach from Guildford - South Granville

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Swansea - Caves Beach and Guildford - South Granville, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Guildford - South Granville
NSW · current home
Swansea - Caves Beach
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
24,112
13,147
Annual growth
+1.3%
+1.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,223/wk
$1,419/wk
Overseas born
42.5%
11.0%
Non-English-speaking background
73.7%
3.7%
Children aged 0–14
24.1%
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 1
Decile 5
IRSAD score
880
980
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
917
984
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,004
1,041
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
24
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.36M
$1.3M
House price YoY
+8.8%
+12.1%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$730
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
23
16
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,534
502
Change vs prior year
-8%
-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 →

Which school is zoned?

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

From · Guildford - South Granville
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Guildford - South Granville

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Blaxcell Street Public School Government · 948 students
ICSEA 957
Granville South Creative and Performing Arts High School Government · 733 students
ICSEA 855
Granville South Public School Government · 323 students
ICSEA 933
Granville East Public School Government · 259 students
ICSEA 923

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

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Holy Family Primary School
Catholic 235 students
ICSEA 1004 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 917 in Guildford - South Granville. 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), Guildford - South Granville 1,004 (1 school).

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Swansea - Caves Beach vs 24 in Guildford - South Granville.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Swansea - Caves Beach at 3.7% (vs 73.7% in Guildford - South Granville).

Swansea - Caves Beach has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Guildford - South Granville's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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