Move comparison · NSW → NSW

Moving to Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga 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

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga

NSW · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

21,774

25,057

Annual growth

+0.5%

0.0%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$3,164/wk

$1,329/wk

Overseas born

45.5%

17.1%

Non-English-speaking background

47.5%

7.1%

Children aged 0–14

26.8%

16.4%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 10

Decile 4

IRSAD score

1,144

965

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,090

984

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.63M

$1.34M

House price YoY

+3.9%

+9.4%

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.

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$695

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

171

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Change vs prior year

-7%

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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →

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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

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This is the zoned in-area government school for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data).

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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

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This is the zoned in-area government school for Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (NSW catchment data).

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Honest tradeoff

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga has weaker government school academic context than Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, with an average ICSEA of 984 compared to 1,090. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 11 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga vs 5 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga at 7.1% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 18% lower in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga ($1.34M vs $1.63M).

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