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Moving to Thornton - Millers Forest from Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Thornton - Millers Forest and Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
NSW · current home
Thornton - Millers Forest
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
19,954
19,925
Annual growth
+3.3%
+4.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,835/wk
$2,209/wk
Overseas born
9.2%
11.2%
Non-English-speaking background
5.9%
8.1%
Children aged 0–14
23.0%
23.3%
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 4
Decile 6
IRSAD score
955
1,007
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
940
947
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,003
1,034
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
13
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$851,000
$857,000
House price YoY
+13.8%
+7.5%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$640
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
4
2
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
10
11
Train stations
1
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
814
Change vs prior year
-
+19%

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 · Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Rutherford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,007
ICSEA 933
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn (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 Joseph's College
Catholic 973 students
ICSEA 996 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 577 students
ICSEA 1009 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 · Thornton - Millers Forest
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Thornton Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Thornton - Millers Forest.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 826
ICSEA 974
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Thornton - Millers Forest (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 Bede's Catholic College
Catholic 910 students
ICSEA 1030 intake context
St Aloysius Catholic Primary School
Catholic 614 students
ICSEA 1064 intake context
Aspect Hunter School
Independent 290 students
ICSEA 1008 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 Thornton - Millers Forest (ICSEA 947) and Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn (940).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Thornton - Millers Forest 1,034 (3 schools), Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn 1,003 (2 schools).

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Thornton - Millers Forest vs 6 in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn.

Thornton - Millers Forest has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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