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Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Merrylands - Holroyd

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

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Comparing
Merrylands - Holroyd
NSW · current home
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
27,002
21,955
Annual growth
+4.4%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,461/wk
$1,470/wk
Overseas born
51.1%
14.7%
Non-English-speaking background
70.1%
12.2%
Children aged 0–14
20.4%
16.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 3
Decile 4
IRSAD score
942
961
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
948
981
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,050
1,013
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
37
23
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.39M
$988,000
House price YoY
+6.5%
+15.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
4
3
Supermarkets nearby
3
3
Parks nearby
38
41
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
3,163
1,350
Change vs prior year
+1%
+1%

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 · Merrylands - Holroyd
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Merrylands Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 620
ICSEA 936
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Merrylands - Holroyd (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Margaret Mary's Primary School
Catholic 574 students
ICSEA 1050 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 government school for the centre of Wallsend - Elermore Vale (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 981, compared to 948 in Merrylands - Holroyd. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Wallsend - Elermore Vale 1,013 (2 schools), Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school).

There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 6 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 23 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale vs 37 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 70.1% in Merrylands - Holroyd).

Wallsend - Elermore Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Merrylands - Holroyd's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 29% lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale ($988,000 vs $1.39M).

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