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Moving to Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga from Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah

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

Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga has 25,057 people (ABS, June 2025), 0.0% in a year, a median house price of $1.31M, 3 schools and 4 childcare services. Full Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga suburb profile.

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Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
NSW · current home
Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
17,178
25,057
Annual growth
+3.2%
0.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,763/wk
$1,329/wk
Overseas born
9.3%
17.1%
Non-English-speaking background
3.5%
7.1%
Children aged 0–14
20.9%
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 4
Decile 4
IRSAD score
973
965
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
940
984
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,029
not published
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
14
4
Property VIC + NSW; QLD rent only
Median house price
$1.14M
$1.31M
House price YoY
+22.0%
+2.7%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$610
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
None mapped
None mapped
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
11
24
Train stations
None mapped
None mapped
Crime & safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
83
not published
Change vs prior year
-14%
not published
Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

© State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice). Suburb totals are added up from published figures.

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.

From: Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Wirreanda Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 530
ICSEA 988
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (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)
Catherine McAuley Catholic College
Catholic 884 students
ICSEA 1019 intake context
Medowie Christian School
Independent 554 students
ICSEA 1038 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 + QLD 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 940 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah. 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, Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah 1,029 (2 schools).

There are 3 schools in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, compared to 6 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 4 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga vs 14 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

Median house prices are 16% higher in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga ($1.31M vs $1.14M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Childcare5
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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What is the population of Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga?

25,057 people lived in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of 0.0% over the year. Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah had 17,178.

Are houses cheaper in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga than in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah?

No. The median house price is $1.31M in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga and $1.14M in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, 16% higher in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.

How many schools are in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga?

ACARA lists 3 schools in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, against 6 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".

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Plan the move: Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah → Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga