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Moving to Woy Woy - Blackwall from Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Woy Woy - Blackwall and Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
NSW · current home
Woy Woy - Blackwall
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
25,057
14,566
Annual growth
0.0%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,329/wk
$1,261/wk
Overseas born
17.1%
18.9%
Non-English-speaking background
7.1%
9.3%
Children aged 0–14
16.4%
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 4
Decile 3
IRSAD score
965
946
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
984
980
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,081
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
4
1
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.31M
$1.18M
House price YoY
+2.7%
+9.8%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$700
$695
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
24
13
Train stations
0
1
Safety NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
1,723
Change vs prior year
-
-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 · Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Ettalong Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 490
ICSEA 975
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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

Government school academic context is comparable between Woy Woy - Blackwall (ICSEA 980) and Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga (984).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Woy Woy - Blackwall 1,081 (1 school), Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga none in this SA2.

There are 4 schools in Woy Woy - Blackwall, compared to 3 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 1 in Woy Woy - Blackwall vs 4 in Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga.

Woy Woy - Blackwall has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Umina - Booker Bay - Patonga's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 11% lower in Woy Woy - Blackwall ($1.18M vs $1.31M).

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