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Moving to Woy Woy - Blackwall from Mount Druitt - Whalan

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Woy Woy - Blackwall and Mount Druitt - Whalan, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Mount Druitt - Whalan
NSW · current home
Woy Woy - Blackwall
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
24,378
14,566
Annual growth
+0.7%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,392/wk
$1,261/wk
Overseas born
46.4%
18.9%
Non-English-speaking background
56.2%
9.3%
Children aged 0–14
23.8%
15.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 1
Decile 3
IRSAD score
883
946
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
925
980
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
1,081
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
13
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$980,000
$1.11M
House price YoY
+18.7%
+2.2%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$565
$680
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
6
1
Supermarkets nearby
4
2
Parks nearby
33
13
Train stations
1
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (calendar year 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
6,584
1,722
Change vs prior year
-42%
-4%

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 · Mount Druitt - Whalan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mt Druitt PS

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

Sector Government

This is the zoned in-area government school for Mount Druitt - Whalan (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Australian Islamic College of Sydney
Independent 1,289 students
ICSEA 1077 intake context
CathWest Innovation College
Catholic 385 students
ICSEA 1013 intake context
St Bishoy Coptic Orthodox College
Independent 279 students
ICSEA 966 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 in-area government school for Woy Woy - Blackwall (NSW catchment data).

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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 has stronger government school academic context than Mount Druitt - Whalan, with an average ICSEA of 980 compared to 925. 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 Woy Woy - Blackwall 1,081 (1 school), Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools).

There are 4 schools in Woy Woy - Blackwall, compared to 11 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Woy Woy - Blackwall at 9.3% (vs 56.2% in Mount Druitt - Whalan).

Woy Woy - Blackwall has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, above Mount Druitt - Whalan's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 13% higher in Woy Woy - Blackwall ($1.11M vs $980,000).

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