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Moving to Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga from Kurri Kurri - Abermain

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

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Comparing
Kurri Kurri - Abermain
NSW · current home
Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,407
25,057
Annual growth
+2.4%
0.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,464/wk
$1,329/wk
Overseas born
5.4%
17.1%
Non-English-speaking background
2.6%
7.1%
Children aged 0–14
21.2%
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 1
Decile 4
IRSAD score
889
965
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
906
984
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
993
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
4
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$830,018
$1.31M
House price YoY
+14.7%
+2.7%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$587
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
0
2
Parks nearby
30
24
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
694
-
Change vs prior year
+13%
-

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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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Kurri Kurri - Abermain
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kurri Kurri Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kurri Kurri - Abermain.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 574
ICSEA 891
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kurri Kurri - Abermain (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)
Holy Spirit Primary School
Catholic 186 students
ICSEA 994 intake context
Holy Spirit Infants School
Catholic 122 students
ICSEA 991 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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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
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 906 in Kurri Kurri - Abermain. 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, Kurri Kurri - Abermain 993 (2 schools).

There are 3 schools in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, compared to 8 in Kurri Kurri - Abermain.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 4 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga vs 13 in Kurri Kurri - Abermain.

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Kurri Kurri - Abermain's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 58% higher in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga ($1.31M vs $830,018).

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