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Moving to Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah from Denham Court (Bardia area)

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah and Denham Court - Bardia, side by side - all from public government data.

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah has 17,178 people (ABS, June 2025), +3.2% in a year, a median house price of $1.14M, 6 schools and 14 childcare services. Full Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah suburb profile.

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Denham Court - Bardia
NSW · current home
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,375
17,178
Annual growth
+3.6%
+3.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,437/wk
$1,763/wk
Overseas born
46.6%
9.3%
Non-English-speaking background
58.1%
3.5%
Children aged 0–14
27.2%
20.9%
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 9
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,090
973
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,069
940
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
not published
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
14
Property VIC + NSW; QLD rent only
Median house price
$1.16M
$1.14M
House price YoY
+5.5%
+22.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$670
$610
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
None mapped
None mapped
Supermarkets nearby
1
2
Parks nearby
23
11
Train stations
None mapped
None mapped
Crime & safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
206
83
Change vs prior year
-15%
-14%
Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

© State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice). Suburb totals are added up from published figures.

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.

From: Denham Court - Bardia
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Bardia Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Denham Court - Bardia.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 953
ICSEA 1070
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Denham Court - Bardia (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

To: Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Wirreanda Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 530
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 Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (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)
Catherine McAuley Catholic College
Catholic 884 students
ICSEA 1019 intake context
Medowie Christian School
Independent 554 students
ICSEA 1038 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

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah's government schools have an average ICSEA of 940, compared to 1,069 in Denham Court - Bardia. 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 Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah 1,029 (2 schools), Denham Court - Bardia none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, compared to 2 in Denham Court - Bardia.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah vs 9 in Denham Court - Bardia.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah at 3.5% (vs 58.1% in Denham Court - Bardia).

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Denham Court - Bardia's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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What is the population of Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah?

17,178 people lived in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +3.2% over the year. Denham Court (Bardia area) had 21,375.

Are houses cheaper in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah than in Denham Court (Bardia area)?

Yes. The median house price is $1.14M in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah and $1.16M in Denham Court (Bardia area), 2% lower in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.

How many schools are in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah?

ACARA lists 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, against 2 in Denham Court (Bardia area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".

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