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Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Lindfield - Roseville

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

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Comparing
Lindfield - Roseville
NSW · current home
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,620
21,955
Annual growth
-0.1%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,125/wk
$1,470/wk
Overseas born
40.5%
14.7%
Non-English-speaking background
34.9%
12.2%
Children aged 0–14
20.3%
16.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 10
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,169
961
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,150
981
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,174
1,013
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
53
28
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$4.16M
$950,000
House price YoY
+0.3%
+14.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$1100
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
3
Supermarkets nearby
4
3
Parks nearby
38
41
Train stations
2
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
230
1,339
Change vs prior year
+16%
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 · Lindfield - Roseville
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lindfield Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lindfield - Roseville.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 584
ICSEA 1162
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Roseville College
Independent 1,060 students
ICSEA 1191 intake context
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Catholic 259 students
ICSEA 1168 intake context
Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School
Independent 98 students
ICSEA 1164 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 weaker government school academic context than Lindfield - Roseville, with an average ICSEA of 981 compared to 1,150. 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), Lindfield - Roseville 1,174 (3 schools).

There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 10 in Lindfield - Roseville.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 28 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale vs 53 in Lindfield - Roseville.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 34.9% in Lindfield - Roseville).

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

Median house prices are 77% lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale ($950,000 vs $4.16M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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