Moving to Wagga Wagga (East area) from Wagga Wagga (West area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wagga Wagga - East and Wagga Wagga - West, side by side - all from public government data.
Wagga Wagga (East area) has 17,035 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.4% in a year, a median house price of $700,000, 9 schools and 10 childcare services. Full Wagga Wagga (East area) suburb profile.
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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 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.
Ashmont Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wagga Wagga - West.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wagga Wagga - West (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Kooringal Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wagga Wagga - East.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wagga Wagga - East (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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
Government schools in Wagga Wagga - East and Wagga Wagga - West have a similar average ICSEA (955 and 951) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Wagga Wagga - East 1,062 (5 schools), Wagga Wagga - West 994 (2 schools).
There are 9 schools in Wagga Wagga - East, compared to 7 in Wagga Wagga - West.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Wagga Wagga - East vs 34 in Wagga Wagga - West.
Wagga Wagga - East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Wagga Wagga - West's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Wagga Wagga (East area)?
17,035 people lived in Wagga Wagga (East area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.4% over the year. Wagga Wagga (West area) had 11,596.
Are houses cheaper in Wagga Wagga (East area) than in Wagga Wagga (West area)?
Median house prices are about the same: $700,000 in Wagga Wagga (East area) and $700,000 in Wagga Wagga (West area).
How many schools are in Wagga Wagga (East area)?
ACARA lists 9 schools in Wagga Wagga (East area), against 7 in Wagga Wagga (West area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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