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Moving to Woy Woy - Blackwall from Merrylands - Holroyd

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Woy Woy - Blackwall and Merrylands - Holroyd, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Merrylands - Holroyd
NSW · current home
Woy Woy - Blackwall
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
27,002
14,566
Annual growth
+4.4%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,461/wk
$1,261/wk
Overseas born
51.1%
18.9%
Non-English-speaking background
70.1%
9.3%
Children aged 0–14
20.4%
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 3
Decile 3
IRSAD score
942
946
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
948
980
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,050
1,081
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
37
1
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.39M
$1.18M
House price YoY
+6.5%
+9.8%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$750
$695
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
4
1
Supermarkets nearby
3
2
Parks nearby
38
13
Train stations
1
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
3,163
1,723
Change vs prior year
+1%
-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 · Merrylands - Holroyd
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Merrylands Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 620
ICSEA 936
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Merrylands - Holroyd (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 Margaret Mary's Primary School
Catholic 574 students
ICSEA 1050 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.

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 948 in Merrylands - Holroyd. 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), Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school).

There are 4 schools in Woy Woy - Blackwall, compared to 6 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 1 in Woy Woy - Blackwall vs 37 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Woy Woy - Blackwall at 9.3% (vs 70.1% in Merrylands - Holroyd).

Median house prices are 15% lower in Woy Woy - Blackwall ($1.18M vs $1.39M).

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