Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Charlestown - Dudley
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallsend - Elermore Vale and Charlestown - Dudley, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Charlestown Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Charlestown - Dudley.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Charlestown - Dudley (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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Wallsend Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wallsend - Elermore Vale (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.
Wallsend - Elermore Vale's government schools have an average ICSEA of 981, compared to 1,002 in Charlestown - Dudley. 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 Wallsend - Elermore Vale 1,013 (2 schools), Charlestown - Dudley 1,062 (3 schools).
There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 14 in Charlestown - Dudley.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 7.1% in Charlestown - Dudley).
Wallsend - Elermore Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Charlestown - Dudley's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 15% lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale ($988,000 vs $1.16M).
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Plan the move: Charlestown - Dudley → Wallsend - Elermore Vale