Galston - Laughtondale
New South Wales · Dural - Wisemans Ferry · Sydney - Baulkham Hills and Hawkesbury
Why “Galston - Laughtondale”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Galston into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Galston - Laughtondale is a locality in the Dural - Wisemans Ferry area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Galston - Laughtondale SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Galston - Laughtondale SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Arcadia Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Galston - Laughtondale.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Galston - Laughtondale (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Galston - Laughtondale
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment698ICSEA1137
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment570ICSEA1044
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment147ICSEA1042
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment60ICSEA1065
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSKU - Galston PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Galston
- Exceeding NQSUnitingCare Galston Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Galston
- Meeting NQSASPIRE OSHC GalstonCentre-Based Care · 38 places · Galston
- Meeting NQSNorthwest Community Childcare @ ArcadiaCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Arcadia
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 68
- vs previous year
- -29%
- vs 2021
- 87
- Theft 26
- Assault 10
- Arson 8
- Malicious damage to property 7
- Sexual offences 6
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 2
- Parks
- 7
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Galston - Laughtondale SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land
This shows whether the Galston - Laughtondale SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $2,865,000
- House price YoY
- -9.1%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the loss come from?
-9Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Dural - Wisemans Ferry
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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