Moving to Wauchope from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wauchope and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
John Palmer Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Wauchope Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wauchope.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wauchope (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Wauchope's government schools have an average ICSEA of 918, compared to 1,090 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds. 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 Wauchope 1,011 (1 school), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.
There are 4 schools in Wauchope, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Wauchope vs 11 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wauchope at 2.2% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).
Wauchope has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 50% lower in Wauchope ($790,000 vs $1.59M).
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