Moving to The Entrance from Kingswood (Werrington area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for The Entrance and Kingswood - Werrington, side by side - all from public government data.
The Entrance has 16,336 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.9% in a year, a median house price of $1.1M, 3 schools and 7 childcare services. Full The Entrance suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Kingswood Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kingswood - Werrington.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kingswood - Werrington (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.
The Entrance Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in The Entrance.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of The Entrance (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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in The Entrance and Kingswood - Werrington have a similar average ICSEA (955 and 953) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA The Entrance 1,057 (1 school), Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools).
There are 3 schools in The Entrance, compared to 11 in Kingswood - Werrington.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in The Entrance vs 10 in Kingswood - Werrington.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in The Entrance at 7.9% (vs 31.7% in Kingswood - Werrington).
The Entrance has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Kingswood - Werrington's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 7% lower in The Entrance ($1.1M vs $1.18M).
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What is the population of The Entrance?
16,336 people lived in The Entrance at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.9% over the year. Kingswood (Werrington area) had 28,330.
Are houses cheaper in The Entrance than in Kingswood (Werrington area)?
Yes. The median house price is $1.1M in The Entrance and $1.18M in Kingswood (Werrington area), 7% lower in The Entrance.
How many schools are in The Entrance?
ACARA lists 3 schools in The Entrance, against 11 in Kingswood (Werrington area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Kingswood - Werrington → The Entrance