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Moving to Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah from Gosford - Springfield

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

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Comparing
Gosford - Springfield
NSW · current home
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,282
17,178
Annual growth
+2.8%
+3.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,460/wk
$1,763/wk
Overseas born
24.4%
9.3%
Non-English-speaking background
17.4%
3.5%
Children aged 0–14
15.3%
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 5
Decile 4
IRSAD score
986
973
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,016
940
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,052
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
15
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.13M
$1.14M
House price YoY
+6.1%
+22.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$700
$610
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
5
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
27
11
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
3,858
77
Change vs prior year
-8%
-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 →

Which school is zoned?

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

From · Gosford - Springfield
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Gosford Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Gosford - Springfield.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 545
ICSEA 1049
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Gosford - Springfield (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)
St Edward's Christian Brothers' College
Independent 971 students
ICSEA 1068 intake context
St Joseph's Catholic College
Catholic 802 students
ICSEA 1075 intake context
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 384 students
ICSEA 1090 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.

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

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah's government schools have an average ICSEA of 940, compared to 1,016 in Gosford - Springfield. 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), Gosford - Springfield 1,052 (4 schools).

There are 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, compared to 11 in Gosford - Springfield.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah vs 15 in Gosford - Springfield.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah at 3.5% (vs 17.4% in Gosford - Springfield).

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Gosford - Springfield's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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