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Moving to Wallsend - Elermore Vale from Mount Druitt - Whalan

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

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Comparing
Mount Druitt - Whalan
NSW · current home
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
24,378
21,955
Annual growth
+0.7%
+1.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,392/wk
$1,470/wk
Overseas born
46.4%
14.7%
Non-English-speaking background
56.2%
12.2%
Children aged 0–14
23.8%
16.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 1
Decile 4
IRSAD score
883
961
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
925
981
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
1,013
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
28
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$980,000
$950,000
House price YoY
+18.7%
+14.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$565
$700
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
6
3
Supermarkets nearby
4
3
Parks nearby
33
41
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
6,584
1,339
Change vs prior year
-42%
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 · Mount Druitt - Whalan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Druitt PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Sector Government

This is the zoned in-area government school for Mount Druitt - Whalan (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Australian Islamic College of Sydney
Independent 1,289 students
ICSEA 1077 intake context
CathWest Innovation College
Catholic 385 students
ICSEA 1013 intake context
St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College
Independent 279 students
ICSEA 966 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 stronger government school academic context than Mount Druitt - Whalan, with an average ICSEA of 981 compared to 925. 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), Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools).

There are 7 schools in Wallsend - Elermore Vale, compared to 11 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wallsend - Elermore Vale at 12.2% (vs 56.2% in Mount Druitt - Whalan).

Wallsend - Elermore Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Mount Druitt - Whalan's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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