Moving to Wagga Wagga (West area) from Wagga Wagga (East area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wagga Wagga - West and Wagga Wagga - East, side by side - all from public government data.
Wagga Wagga (West area) has 11,596 people (ABS, June 2025), -1.6% in a year, a median house price of $700,000, 7 schools and 34 childcare services. Full Wagga Wagga (West 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.
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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Wagga Wagga - West and Wagga Wagga - East have a similar average ICSEA (951 and 955) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Wagga Wagga - West 994 (2 schools), Wagga Wagga - East 1,062 (5 schools).
There are 7 schools in Wagga Wagga - West, compared to 9 in Wagga Wagga - East.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 34 in Wagga Wagga - West vs 10 in Wagga Wagga - East.
Wagga Wagga - West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Wagga Wagga - East's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Wagga Wagga (West area)?
11,596 people lived in Wagga Wagga (West area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of -1.6% over the year. Wagga Wagga (East area) had 17,035.
Are houses cheaper in Wagga Wagga (West area) than in Wagga Wagga (East area)?
Median house prices are about the same: $700,000 in Wagga Wagga (West area) and $700,000 in Wagga Wagga (East area).
How many schools are in Wagga Wagga (West area)?
ACARA lists 7 schools in Wagga Wagga (West area), against 9 in Wagga Wagga (East area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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