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Moving to Warnervale - Wadalba from Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Warnervale - Wadalba and Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
NSW · current home
Warnervale - Wadalba
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
22,880
23,023
Annual growth
+0.4%
+2.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,239/wk
$2,022/wk
Overseas born
12.4%
17.0%
Non-English-speaking background
6.0%
10.8%
Children aged 0–14
17.2%
23.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 1
Decile 5
IRSAD score
891
992
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
933
973
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,048
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$890,000
$940,000
House price YoY
+14.5%
+6.8%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$650
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
1
Supermarkets nearby
4
0
Parks nearby
30
20
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
583
115
Change vs prior year
-5%
+47%

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 · Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kanwal Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 500
ICSEA 942
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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To · Warnervale - Wadalba
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Porters Creek Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Warnervale - Wadalba.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 317
ICSEA 988
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
MacKillop Catholic College
Catholic 1,558 students
ICSEA 1042 intake context
Lakes Grammar - An Anglican School
Independent 796 students
ICSEA 1054 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

Warnervale - Wadalba has stronger government school academic context than Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven, with an average ICSEA of 973 compared to 933. 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 Warnervale - Wadalba 1,048 (2 schools), Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Warnervale - Wadalba, compared to 4 in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Warnervale - Wadalba has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 6% higher in Warnervale - Wadalba ($940,000 vs $890,000).

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