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Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Morisset - Cooranbong

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

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Comparing
Morisset - Cooranbong
NSW · current home
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,067
21,955
Annual growth
+3.5%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,378/wk
$1,470/wk
Overseas born
13.5%
14.7%
Non-English-speaking background
5.0%
12.2%
Children aged 0–14
16.5%
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 4
Decile 4
IRSAD score
960
961
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
938
981
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
1,013
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
23
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.02M
$988,000
House price YoY
+18.3%
+15.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$645
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
3
Supermarkets nearby
2
3
Parks nearby
19
41
Train stations
4
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
765
1,350
Change vs prior year
-12%
+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 · Morisset - Cooranbong
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Morisset Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Morisset - Cooranbong.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 156
ICSEA 919
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Morisset - Cooranbong (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)
Avondale School
Independent 977 students
ICSEA 1055 intake context
Heritage College Lake Macquarie
Independent 511 students
ICSEA 1002 intake context
St John Vianney Primary School
Catholic 118 students
ICSEA 961 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 938 in Morisset - Cooranbong. 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), Morisset - Cooranbong 1,006 (3 schools).

There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 8 in Morisset - Cooranbong.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 23 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale vs 17 in Morisset - Cooranbong.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 5.0% in Morisset - Cooranbong).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Childcare7
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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