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Moving to Warnervale - Wadalba from Morisset - Cooranbong

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Warnervale - Wadalba and Morisset - Cooranbong, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Morisset - Cooranbong
NSW · current home
Warnervale - Wadalba
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,067
23,023
Annual growth
+3.5%
+2.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,378/wk
$2,022/wk
Overseas born
13.5%
17.0%
Non-English-speaking background
5.0%
10.8%
Children aged 0–14
16.5%
23.8%
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 5
IRSAD score
960
992
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
938
973
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
1,048
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
18
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.02M
$960,000
House price YoY
+18.3%
+12.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$645
$650
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
19
20
Train stations
4
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
765
115
Change vs prior year
-12%
+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 · 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 · 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 government school for the centre of Warnervale - Wadalba (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)
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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 973, 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 Warnervale - Wadalba 1,048 (2 schools), Morisset - Cooranbong 1,006 (3 schools).

There are 6 schools in Warnervale - Wadalba, compared to 8 in Morisset - Cooranbong.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 18 in Warnervale - Wadalba vs 17 in Morisset - Cooranbong.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Warnervale - Wadalba at 10.8% (vs 5.0% in Morisset - Cooranbong).

Warnervale - Wadalba has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Morisset - Cooranbong's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 6% lower in Warnervale - Wadalba ($960,000 vs $1.02M).

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