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Moving to Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah from Morisset - Cooranbong

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

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Comparing
Morisset - Cooranbong
NSW · current home
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,067
17,178
Annual growth
+3.5%
+3.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,378/wk
$1,763/wk
Overseas born
13.5%
9.3%
Non-English-speaking background
5.0%
3.5%
Children aged 0–14
16.5%
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 4
Decile 4
IRSAD score
960
973
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
938
940
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.02M
$1.14M
House price YoY
+18.3%
+22.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$645
$610
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
19
11
Train stations
4
0
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
765
77
Change vs prior year
-12%
-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 · Morisset - Cooranbong
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Morisset Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Morisset - Cooranbong.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 156
ICSEA 919
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Morisset - Cooranbong (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)
Avondale School
Independent 977 students
ICSEA 1055 intake context
Heritage College Lake Macquarie
Independent 511 students
ICSEA 1002 intake context
St John Vianney Primary School
Catholic 118 students
ICSEA 961 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah (ICSEA 940) and Morisset - Cooranbong (938).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah 1,029 (2 schools), Morisset - Cooranbong 1,006 (3 schools).

There are 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, compared to 8 in Morisset - Cooranbong.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah vs 17 in Morisset - Cooranbong.

Median house prices are 11% higher in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah ($1.14M vs $1.02M).

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