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Moving to Woy Woy - Blackwall from Marsden Park - Shanes Park

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Woy Woy - Blackwall and Marsden Park - Shanes Park, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Marsden Park - Shanes Park
NSW · current home
Woy Woy - Blackwall
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
30,461
14,566
Annual growth
+11.6%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,729/wk
$1,261/wk
Overseas born
52.8%
18.9%
Non-English-speaking background
61.3%
9.3%
Children aged 0–14
29.9%
15.2%
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 10
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,125
946
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,089
980
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,080
1,081
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
1
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.28M
$1.18M
House price YoY
+6.7%
+9.8%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$695
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
16
13
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
692
1,723
Change vs prior year
-8%
-3%

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 · Marsden Park - Shanes Park
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northbourne Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,711
ICSEA 1095
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Marsden Park - Shanes Park (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)
St Luke's Catholic College (Secondary)
Catholic 940 students
ICSEA 1088 intake context
St Luke's Catholic College (Primary)
Catholic 827 students
ICSEA 1106 intake context
St Luke's Arrunga
Catholic 40 students
ICSEA 1046 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Woy Woy - Blackwall
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Woy Woy Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Woy Woy - Blackwall.

Sector Government
Years P-6
Students 365
ICSEA 970
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Woy Woy - Blackwall (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)
St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School
Catholic 551 students
ICSEA 1081 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

Woy Woy - Blackwall's government schools have an average ICSEA of 980, compared to 1,089 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park. 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 Woy Woy - Blackwall 1,081 (1 school), Marsden Park - Shanes Park 1,080 (3 schools).

There are 4 schools in Woy Woy - Blackwall, compared to 6 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 1 in Woy Woy - Blackwall vs 13 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Woy Woy - Blackwall at 9.3% (vs 61.3% in Marsden Park - Shanes Park).

Woy Woy - Blackwall has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Marsden Park - Shanes Park's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 8% lower in Woy Woy - Blackwall ($1.18M vs $1.28M).

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