Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from East Maitland - Metford
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallsend - Elermore Vale and East Maitland - Metford, 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.
Metford Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in East Maitland - Metford.
This is the zoned in-area government school for East Maitland - Metford (NSW catchment data).
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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 in-area government school for Wallsend - Elermore Vale (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Wallsend - Elermore Vale has stronger government school academic context than East Maitland - Metford, with an average ICSEA of 981 compared to 957. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Wallsend - Elermore Vale 1,013 (2 schools), East Maitland - Metford 1,038 (5 schools).
There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 9 in East Maitland - Metford.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 7.1% in East Maitland - Metford).
Median house prices are 13% higher in Wallsend - Elermore Vale ($950,000 vs $838,000).
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Plan the move: East Maitland - Metford → Wallsend - Elermore Vale