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Moving to Terrigal - North Avoca from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Terrigal - North Avoca and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · current home
Terrigal - North Avoca
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,774
15,631
Annual growth
+0.5%
+1.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,164/wk
$2,130/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
20.5%
Non-English-speaking background
47.5%
7.5%
Children aged 0–14
26.8%
18.2%
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 10
Decile 9
IRSAD score
1,144
1,085
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
1,061
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,066
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
11
9
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.59M
$1.64M
House price YoY
+0.4%
-4.9%
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.
-
$825
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
1
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
25
10
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
173
529
Change vs prior year
-5%
-4%

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 · Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

John Palmer Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 950
ICSEA 1125
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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To · Terrigal - North Avoca
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Terrigal Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Terrigal - North Avoca.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 888
ICSEA 1078
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Terrigal - North Avoca (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 Star of The Sea Catholic Primary School
Catholic 605 students
ICSEA 1102 intake context
Aspect Central Coast School
Independent 122 students
ICSEA 1030 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

Terrigal - North Avoca's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,061, compared to 1,090 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds. 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 Terrigal - North Avoca 1,066 (2 schools), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.

There are 4 schools in Terrigal - North Avoca, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Terrigal - North Avoca vs 11 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Terrigal - North Avoca at 7.5% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Terrigal - North Avoca has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 9, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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