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Moving to Unanderra - Mount Kembla from Kingswood - Werrington

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Unanderra - Mount Kembla and Kingswood - Werrington, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kingswood - Werrington
NSW · current home
Unanderra - Mount Kembla
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
28,330
15,414
Annual growth
+3.9%
+0.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,707/wk
$1,920/wk
Overseas born
30.9%
19.7%
Non-English-speaking background
31.7%
15.7%
Children aged 0–14
22.6%
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 4
Decile 6
IRSAD score
967
1,003
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
953
1,001
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,045
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
10
11
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.18M
$1.16M
House price YoY
+17.8%
+20.3%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$640
$765
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
5
0
Supermarkets nearby
5
0
Parks nearby
57
12
Train stations
2
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
748
Change vs prior year
-
-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 · Kingswood - Werrington
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kingswood Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kingswood - Werrington.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 499
ICSEA 1048
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kingswood - Werrington (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 Dominic's College
Independent 1,010 students
ICSEA 1008 intake context
Wollemi College
Independent 565 students
ICSEA 1107 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 310 students
ICSEA 1019 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 · 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 953 in Kingswood - Werrington. 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), Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools).

There are 8 schools in Unanderra - Mount Kembla, compared to 11 in Kingswood - Werrington.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Unanderra - Mount Kembla vs 10 in Kingswood - Werrington.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Unanderra - Mount Kembla at 15.7% (vs 31.7% in Kingswood - Werrington).

Unanderra - Mount Kembla has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Kingswood - Werrington's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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