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Moving to Tamworth Surrounds from Guildford - South Granville

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

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Comparing
Guildford - South Granville
NSW · current home
Tamworth Surrounds
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
24,112
20,158
Annual growth
+1.3%
+1.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,223/wk
$1,431/wk
Overseas born
42.5%
5.4%
Non-English-speaking background
73.7%
2.0%
Children aged 0–14
24.1%
19.2%
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 4
IRSAD score
880
965
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
15
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
917
909
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,004
969
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
24
12
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.36M
$501,500
House price YoY
+8.8%
-1.1%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$528
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
23
36
Train stations
0
2
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,534
-
Change vs prior year
-8%
-

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 · Tamworth Surrounds
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Oxley Vale Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tamworth Surrounds.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 377
ICSEA 870
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Michael's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 79 students
ICSEA 948 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 73 students
ICSEA 989 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Tamworth Surrounds (ICSEA 909) and Guildford - South Granville (917).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Tamworth Surrounds 969 (2 schools), Guildford - South Granville 1,004 (1 school).

There are 15 schools in Tamworth Surrounds, compared to 5 in Guildford - South Granville.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Tamworth Surrounds vs 24 in Guildford - South Granville.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Tamworth Surrounds at 2.0% (vs 73.7% in Guildford - South Granville).

Tamworth Surrounds has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Guildford - South Granville's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 63% lower in Tamworth Surrounds ($501,500 vs $1.36M).

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