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Moving to Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale from Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale and Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
NSW · current home
Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
21,774
20,974
Annual growth
+0.5%
+0.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,164/wk
$1,968/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
14.2%
Non-English-speaking background
47.5%
6.4%
Children aged 0–14
26.8%
20.1%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 10
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,144
1,042
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
1,054
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,121
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
5
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.63M
$1.54M
House price YoY
+3.9%
+20.8%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) — not that rent is unavailable there.
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
1
Parks nearby
25
24
Train stations
0
2
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
171
612
Change vs prior year
-7%
+1%

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 · Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

John Palmer Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 950
ICSEA 1125
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds (NSW catchment data).

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To · Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Waniora Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 264
ICSEA 1077
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 412 students
ICSEA 1121 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

Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale has weaker government school academic context than Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds, with an average ICSEA of 1,054 compared to 1,090. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale 1,121 (1 school), Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds none in this SA2.

There are 8 schools in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale, compared to 3 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 14 in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale vs 5 in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale at 6.4% (vs 47.5% in Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds).

Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Kellyville Ridge - The Ponds's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 5% lower in Woonona - Bulli - Russell Vale ($1.54M vs $1.63M).

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