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Moving to Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga from Charlestown - Dudley

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga and Charlestown - Dudley, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Charlestown - Dudley
NSW · current home
Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
26,087
25,057
Annual growth
+0.4%
0.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,808/wk
$1,329/wk
Overseas born
10.9%
17.1%
Non-English-speaking background
7.1%
7.1%
Children aged 0–14
19.7%
16.4%
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 6
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,010
965
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
14
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,002
984
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,062
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
23
4
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.16M
$1.31M
House price YoY
+20.6%
+2.7%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$730
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
1
Supermarkets nearby
4
2
Parks nearby
14
24
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,183
-
Change vs prior year
+1%
-

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 · Charlestown - Dudley
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Charlestown Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Charlestown - Dudley.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 234
ICSEA 1037
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Charlestown - Dudley (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 Mary's Catholic College
Catholic 989 students
ICSEA 1062 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 361 students
ICSEA 1102 intake context
St Paul's Primary School
Catholic 294 students
ICSEA 1023 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 · Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Ettalong Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 490
ICSEA 975
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga's government schools have an average ICSEA of 984, compared to 1,002 in Charlestown - Dudley. 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 Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga none in this SA2, Charlestown - Dudley 1,062 (3 schools).

There are 3 schools in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, compared to 14 in Charlestown - Dudley.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 4 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga vs 23 in Charlestown - Dudley.

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Charlestown - Dudley's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 13% higher in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga ($1.31M vs $1.16M).

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