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Moving to Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah from Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah and Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
NSW · current home
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,880
17,178
Annual growth
+0.4%
+3.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,239/wk
$1,763/wk
Overseas born
12.4%
9.3%
Non-English-speaking background
6.0%
3.5%
Children aged 0–14
17.2%
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 1
Decile 4
IRSAD score
891
973
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
933
940
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
12
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$885,000
$1.14M
House price YoY
+10.6%
+22.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$610
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
4
2
Parks nearby
30
11
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
583
77
Change vs prior year
-5%
-17%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kanwal Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 500
ICSEA 942
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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To · Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (ICSEA 940) and Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven (933).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah 1,029 (2 schools), Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven none in this SA2.

There are 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, compared to 4 in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah vs 12 in Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven.

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Gorokan - Kanwal - Charmhaven's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 28% higher in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah ($1.14M vs $885,000).

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