Moving to Wollert from Mount Druitt (Whalan area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Wollert and Mount Druitt - Whalan, side by side - all from public government data.
Wollert has 36,658 people (ABS, June 2025), +9.5% in a year, a median house price of $725,000, 8 schools and 24 childcare services. Full Wollert 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.
Mount Druitt Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Mount Druitt - Whalan (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.
Edgars Creek Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wollert.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wollert (VIC 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
Wollert's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,026, compared to 925 in Mount Druitt - Whalan. 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 Wollert 1,085 (2 schools), Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools).
There are 8 schools in Wollert, compared to 11 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 24 in Wollert vs 25 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Wollert at 67.4% (vs 56.2% in Mount Druitt - Whalan).
Wollert has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Mount Druitt - Whalan's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 26% lower in Wollert ($725,000 vs $980,000).
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What is the population of Wollert?
36,658 people lived in Wollert at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +9.5% over the year. Mount Druitt (Whalan area) had 24,378.
Are houses cheaper in Wollert than in Mount Druitt (Whalan area)?
Yes. The median house price is $725,000 in Wollert and $980,000 in Mount Druitt (Whalan area), 26% lower in Wollert.
How many schools are in Wollert?
ACARA lists 8 schools in Wollert, against 11 in Mount Druitt (Whalan area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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