Moving to Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah from Guildford (South Granville area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah and Guildford - South Granville, 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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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.
Blaxcell Street Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Guildford - South Granville.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Guildford - South Granville (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.
Wirreanda Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.
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.
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
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah's government schools have an average ICSEA of 940, compared to 917 in Guildford - South Granville. 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), Guildford - South Granville 1,004 (1 school).
There are 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, compared to 5 in Guildford - South Granville.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah vs 25 in Guildford - South Granville.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah at 3.5% (vs 73.7% in Guildford - South Granville).
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Guildford - South Granville's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 17% lower in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah ($1.14M vs $1.36M).
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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. Guildford (South Granville area) had 24,112.
Are houses cheaper in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah than in Guildford (South Granville area)?
Yes. The median house price is $1.14M in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah and $1.36M in Guildford (South Granville area), 17% lower in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah.
How many schools are in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, against 5 in Guildford (South Granville area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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