Illawong - Alfords Point
New South Wales · Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote · Sydney - Sutherland
Why “Illawong - Alfords Point”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Illawong 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.
Illawong - Alfords Point is a locality in the Sutherland - Menai - Heathcote area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Illawong - Alfords Point SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Illawong - Alfords Point SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Tharawal Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Illawong - Alfords Point.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Illawong - Alfords Point (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe 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 Illawong - Alfords Point
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment1,062ICSEA1046
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment328ICSEA1085
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment191ICSEA1069
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment165ICSEA1037
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSInaburra PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 88 places · Menai
- Exceeding NQSThe Kinder Garden MenaiCentre-Based Care · 79 places · Menai
- Exceeding NQSKU ANSTO Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 52 places · Lucas Heights
- Exceeding NQSHobart Place Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Illawong
- Exceeding NQSBradman Road Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Menai
- Exceeding NQSBright Futures Early Learning Centre - MenaiCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Menai
- Meeting NQSAnzac Road Before & After School Care IncorporatedCentre-Based Care · 155 places · Menai
- Meeting NQSBangor Before & After School Care IncCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Bangor
- Meeting NQSBright Minds Academy MenaiCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Menai
- Meeting NQSTharawal Before and After School CareCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Illawong
- Meeting NQSThe Ridge Preschool & Childcare CentreCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Barden Ridge
- Meeting NQSRise & Shine Kindergarten - MenaiCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Menai
+ 17 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
- 134
- vs previous year
- +19%
- vs 2021
- 218
- Theft 29
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 28
- Assault 26
- Against justice procedures 14
- Malicious damage to property 12
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
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 1
- Parks
- 16
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Illawong - Alfords Point 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 Illawong - Alfords Point 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.
Where did the gain come from?
+30Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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