Moving to Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale from Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale and Balgownie - Fairy Meadow, side by side - all from public government data.
Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale has 20,974 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.6% in a year, a median house price of $1.66M, 8 schools and 15 childcare services. Full Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale 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 Ousley Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Balgownie - Fairy Meadow (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.
Waniora Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale (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
Government schools in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale and Balgownie - Fairy Meadow have a similar average ICSEA (1,054 and 1,053) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale 1,121 (1 school), Balgownie - Fairy Meadow 1,028 (3 schools).
There are 8 schools in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale, compared to 10 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale vs 18 in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale at 6.4% (vs 18.4% in Balgownie - Fairy Meadow).
Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Balgownie - Fairy Meadow's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 21% higher in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale ($1.66M vs $1.37M).
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What is the population of Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale?
20,974 people lived in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.6% over the year. Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area) had 22,303.
Are houses cheaper in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale than in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area)?
No. The median house price is $1.66M in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale and $1.37M in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area), 21% higher in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale.
How many schools are in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale?
ACARA lists 8 schools in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale, against 10 in Balgownie (Fairy Meadow area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Balgownie - Fairy Meadow → Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale