Moving to Wauchope from Kingswood (Werrington area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wauchope and Kingswood - Werrington, side by side - all from public government data.
Wauchope has 13,754 people (ABS, June 2025), +1.9% in a year, a median house price of $790,000, 4 schools and 10 childcare services. Full Wauchope suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Kingswood Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kingswood - Werrington.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kingswood - Werrington (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 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.
Honest tradeoff
Wauchope's government schools have an average ICSEA of 918, compared to 953 in Kingswood - Werrington. 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), Kingswood - Werrington 1,045 (3 schools).
There are 4 schools in Wauchope, compared to 11 in Kingswood - Werrington.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wauchope at 2.2% (vs 31.7% in Kingswood - Werrington).
Wauchope has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Kingswood - Werrington's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 33% lower in Wauchope ($790,000 vs $1.18M).
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What is the population of Wauchope?
13,754 people lived in Wauchope at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +1.9% over the year. Kingswood (Werrington area) had 28,330.
Are houses cheaper in Wauchope than in Kingswood (Werrington area)?
Yes. The median house price is $790,000 in Wauchope and $1.18M in Kingswood (Werrington area), 33% lower in Wauchope.
How many schools are in Wauchope?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Wauchope, against 11 in Kingswood (Werrington area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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