Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallsend - Elermore Vale and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, 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.
John Palmer Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (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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Wallsend - Elermore Vale has weaker government school academic context than Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, with an average ICSEA of 981 compared to 1,090. 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), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.
There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 28 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale vs 5 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).
Wallsend - Elermore Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 42% lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale ($950,000 vs $1.63M).
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Plan the move: Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds → Wallsend - Elermore Vale