Moving to Wauchope from Marsden Park (Shanes Park area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wauchope and Marsden Park - Shanes Park, 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.
Northbourne Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Marsden Park - Shanes Park (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 1,089 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park. 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), Marsden Park - Shanes Park 1,080 (3 schools).
There are 4 schools in Wauchope, compared to 6 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Wauchope vs 14 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Wauchope at 2.2% (vs 61.3% in Marsden Park - Shanes Park).
Wauchope has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Marsden Park - Shanes Park's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 38% lower in Wauchope ($790,000 vs $1.28M).
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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. Marsden Park (Shanes Park area) had 30,461.
Are houses cheaper in Wauchope than in Marsden Park (Shanes Park area)?
Yes. The median house price is $790,000 in Wauchope and $1.28M in Marsden Park (Shanes Park area), 38% lower in Wauchope.
How many schools are in Wauchope?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Wauchope, against 6 in Marsden Park (Shanes Park area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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