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Moving to Warilla from Dapto - Avondale

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Warilla and Dapto - Avondale, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Dapto - Avondale
NSW · current home
Warilla
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
24,842
20,725
Annual growth
+0.2%
+0.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,445/wk
$1,191/wk
Overseas born
16.4%
17.9%
Non-English-speaking background
7.6%
11.4%
Children aged 0–14
18.2%
17.4%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 3
Decile 1
IRSAD score
940
883
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
936
915
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,038
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Childcare services (matched by postcode)
27
—
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$905,000
$984,000
House price YoY
+10.5%
+8.1%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$700
$705
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
2
Supermarkets nearby
5
2
Parks nearby
23
36
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
940
646
Change vs prior year
+4%
+16%

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 · Dapto - Avondale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Koonawarra Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dapto - Avondale.

Sector Government
Years P-6
Students 192
ICSEA 838
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St John's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 623 students
ICSEA 1038 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 · Warilla
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Warilla NPS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Warilla.

Sector Government

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

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Warilla has weaker government school academic context than Dapto - Avondale, with an average ICSEA of 915 compared to 936. 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 Warilla none in this SA2, Dapto - Avondale 1,038 (1 school).

There are 8 schools in Warilla, compared to 7 in Dapto - Avondale.

Warilla has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Dapto - Avondale's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 9% higher in Warilla ($984,000 vs $905,000).

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