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Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Kingswood - Werrington

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wallsend - Elermore Vale and Kingswood - Werrington, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kingswood - Werrington
NSW · current home
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
28,330
21,955
Annual growth
+3.9%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,707/wk
$1,470/wk
Overseas born
30.9%
14.7%
Non-English-speaking background
31.7%
12.2%
Children aged 0–14
22.6%
16.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 4
Decile 4
IRSAD score
967
961
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
953
981
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,045
1,013
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
37
28
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.17M
$950,000
House price YoY
+22.1%
+14.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$623
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
5
3
Supermarkets nearby
5
3
Parks nearby
57
41
Train stations
2
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,339
Change vs prior year
0%

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 →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area — side by side, never a blended average.

From · Kingswood - Werrington
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kingswood Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kingswood - Werrington.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 499
ICSEA 1048
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Kingswood - Werrington (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Dominic's College
Independent 1,010 students
ICSEA 1008 intake context
Wollemi College
Independent 565 students
ICSEA 1107 intake context
St Joseph's Primary School
Catholic 310 students
ICSEA 1019 intake context

Fee-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.

To · Wallsend - Elermore Vale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wallsend Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 252
ICSEA 965
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Wallsend - Elermore Vale (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Alesco Secondary College
Independent 664 students
ICSEA 949 intake context
St Patrick's Primary School
Catholic 323 students
ICSEA 1076 intake context

Fee-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

Wallsend - Elermore Vale has stronger government school academic context than Kingswood - Werrington, with an average ICSEA of 981 compared to 953. 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), Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools).

There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 11 in Kingswood - Werrington.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 28 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale vs 37 in Kingswood - Werrington.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 31.7% in Kingswood - Werrington).

Median house prices are 19% lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale ($950,000 vs $1.17M).

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