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Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Lambton - New Lambton

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

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Comparing
Lambton - New Lambton
NSW · current home
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
17,852
21,955
Annual growth
+0.8%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,863/wk
$1,470/wk
Overseas born
12.6%
14.7%
Non-English-speaking background
8.7%
12.2%
Children aged 0–14
18.4%
16.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,033
961
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,081
981
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,092
1,013
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
6
28
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.4M
$950,000
House price YoY
+17.6%
+14.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$760
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
5
3
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
32
41
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
369
1,339
Change vs prior year
-6%
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 · Lambton - New Lambton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

New Lambton Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lambton - New Lambton.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 538
ICSEA 1108
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Therese's Primary School
Catholic 543 students
ICSEA 1100 intake context
St John's Primary School
Catholic 200 students
ICSEA 1083 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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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 weaker government school academic context than Lambton - New Lambton, with an average ICSEA of 981 compared to 1,081. 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), Lambton - New Lambton 1,092 (2 schools).

Childcare services matched by postcode: 28 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale vs 6 in Lambton - New Lambton.

Wallsend - Elermore Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Lambton - New Lambton's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 32% lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale ($950,000 vs $1.4M).

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