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Moving to Warnervale - Wadalba from Wallsend - Elermore Vale

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

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Comparing
Wallsend - Elermore Vale
NSW · current home
Warnervale - Wadalba
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,955
23,023
Annual growth
+1.1%
+2.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,470/wk
$2,022/wk
Overseas born
14.7%
17.0%
Non-English-speaking background
12.2%
10.8%
Children aged 0–14
16.2%
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
961
992
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
981
973
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,013
1,048
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
23
18
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$988,000
$960,000
House price YoY
+15.9%
+12.9%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$700
$650
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
1
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
41
20
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,350
115
Change vs prior year
+1%
+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 · 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.

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

Government school academic context is comparable between Warnervale - Wadalba (ICSEA 973) and Wallsend - Elermore Vale (981).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Warnervale - Wadalba 1,048 (2 schools), Wallsend - Elermore Vale 1,013 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Warnervale - Wadalba, compared to 7 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 18 in Warnervale - Wadalba vs 23 in Wallsend - Elermore Vale.

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

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