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Moving to Unanderra - Mount Kembla from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Unanderra - Mount Kembla 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
Unanderra - Mount Kembla
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,774
15,414
Annual growth
+0.5%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,164/wk
$1,920/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
19.7%
Non-English-speaking background
47.5%
15.7%
Children aged 0–14
26.8%
18.0%
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 10
Decile 6
IRSAD score
1,144
1,003
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
1,001
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
11
11
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.59M
$1.16M
House price YoY
+0.4%
+20.3%
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.
-
$765
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
25
12
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
173
748
Change vs prior year
-5%
-11%

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 · 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
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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To · Unanderra - Mount Kembla
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Unanderra Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Unanderra - Mount Kembla.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 348
ICSEA 992
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Unanderra - Mount Kembla (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)
Illawarra Christian School
Independent 800 students
ICSEA 1091 intake context
Cedars Christian College
Independent 661 students
ICSEA 1067 intake context
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Catholic 371 students
ICSEA 1066 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

Unanderra - Mount Kembla's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,001, compared to 1,090 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds. 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 Unanderra - Mount Kembla 1,029 (5 schools), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.

There are 8 schools in Unanderra - Mount Kembla, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Unanderra - Mount Kembla at 15.7% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Unanderra - Mount Kembla has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 27% lower in Unanderra - Mount Kembla ($1.16M vs $1.59M).

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