Pottsville
New South Wales · Tweed Valley · Richmond - Tweed
This profile uses the ABS Pottsville statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Pottsville is a locality in the Tweed Valley area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Pottsville SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Pottsville SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Pottsville Beach Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Pottsville.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Pottsville (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 Pottsville
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment556ICSEA1036
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment373ICSEA1094
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment325ICSEA1040
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment93ICSEA992
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment56ICSEA1058
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment37ICSEA985
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSSmiley Tots Preschool & Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Chinderah
- Exceeding NQSKingscliff Mini SchoolCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Kingscliff
- Exceeding NQSPottsville Community Pre-SchoolCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Pottsville
- Exceeding NQSLilly Pilly Little SchoolCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Brunswick Heads
- Exceeding NQSBurringbar Community Preschool IncCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Burringbar
- Exceeding NQSOcean Shores PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 25 places · Ocean Shores
- Meeting NQSFlying StartCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Kingscliff
- Meeting NQSStory House Early Learning ChinderahCentre-Based Care · 118 places · Chinderah
- Meeting NQSNatural Elements Early Learning Centre - PottsvilleCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Pottsville
- Meeting NQSKool Beanz Academy Casuarina 1Centre-Based Care · 98 places · Casuarina
- Meeting NQSActive OOSH KingscliffCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Kingscliff
- Meeting NQSBossy Boots KingscliffCentre-Based Care · 86 places · Kingscliff
+ 13 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
- 187
- vs previous year
- -9%
- vs 2021
- 233
- Theft 61
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 28
- Assault 27
- Malicious damage to property 22
- Against justice procedures 17
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
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 4
- Parks
- 27
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Pottsville 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 Pottsville 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
- $1,678,000
- House price YoY
- +3.6%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+108Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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