Moving to Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah from Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah and Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Ettalong Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe 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.
Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah's government schools have an average ICSEA of 940, compared to 984 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga. 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), Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga none in this SA2.
There are 6 schools in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, compared to 3 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah vs 4 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.
Median house prices are 14% lower in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah ($1.14M vs $1.31M).
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Plan the move: Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga → Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah