Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough
New South Wales · Lake Macquarie - East · Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Why “Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Glendale 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.
Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough is a locality in the Lake Macquarie - East area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Government schools in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough
Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.
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.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment1,060ICSEA1110
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment802ICSEA946
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment778ICSEA986
- Primary · Government · Years P-6Enrolment298ICSEA1017
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment283ICSEA1000
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment237ICSEA1072
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment232ICSEA956
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment227ICSEA1045
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment153ICSEA1036
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment149ICSEA1014
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment130ICSEA1071
- Primary · Government · Years K-2Enrolment55ICSEA1100
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment46ICSEA934
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- ExcellentAdamstown Community Early Learning and PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Adamstown
- Exceeding NQSActive OOSH Cameron ParkCentre-Based Care · 145 places · Cameron Park
- Exceeding NQSTillys Play and Education Centre - CardiffCentre-Based Care · 94 places · Cardiff
- Exceeding NQSMaryland OOSHCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Maryland
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning Cameron ParkCentre-Based Care · 70 places · Cameron Park
- Exceeding NQSMacquarie College Pre-SchoolCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Wallsend
- Exceeding NQSPossum Place Child Care Centre - New LambtonCentre-Based Care · 59 places · New Lambton Heights
- Exceeding NQSBishop Tyrrell PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 57 places · Fletcher
- Exceeding NQSHarrison St Early EducationCentre-Based Care · 53 places · Cardiff
- Exceeding NQSMerindah Childrens CentreCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Wallsend
- Exceeding NQSGlendore Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 48 places · Maryland
- Exceeding NQSGlendale Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 46 places · Argenton
+ 87 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 467
- vs previous year
- -12%
- vs 2021
- 482
- Theft 227
- Assault 61
- Malicious damage to property 53
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 39
- Against justice procedures 34
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
- 3
- Parks
- 22
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough 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 Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough 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
- $930,000
- House price YoY
- +12.1%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $700/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+129Reading the streams: organic growth — more babies than goodbyes — was the biggest driver.
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The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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