Moving to Tamworth - East from Tamworth Surrounds
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Tamworth - East and Tamworth Surrounds, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Oxley Vale Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tamworth Surrounds.
The government catchment school for parts of Tamworth Surrounds is Oxley Vale Public School - just outside the suburb boundary (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Tamworth South Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tamworth - East.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Tamworth - East (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Tamworth - East's government schools have an average ICSEA of 858, compared to 909 in Tamworth Surrounds. 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 Tamworth - East 973 (4 schools), Tamworth Surrounds 969 (2 schools).
There are 11 schools in Tamworth - East, compared to 15 in Tamworth Surrounds.
Tamworth - East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Tamworth Surrounds's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 30% higher in Tamworth - East ($650,000 vs $501,500).
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Plan the move: Tamworth Surrounds → Tamworth - East