Prestons
New South Wales · Liverpool · Sydney - South West
This profile uses the ABS Prestons statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Prestons is a locality in the Liverpool area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Prestons SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Prestons SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Dalmeny Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Prestons.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Prestons (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 Prestons
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment2,588ICSEA1096
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment1,325ICSEA1105
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment671ICSEA1012
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment646ICSEA1088
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment586ICSEA962
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSEverlearn Preschool - PrestonsCentre-Based Care · 83 places · Prestons
- Exceeding NQSKU Liverpool PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Liverpool
- Exceeding NQSEarly Education & Care Centre - PrestonsCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Prestons
- Exceeding NQSEarly Education & Care Centre - Warwick FarmCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Warwick Farm
- Exceeding NQSKids United ELCCentre-Based Care · 36 places · Casula
- Exceeding NQSYoungies Long Day Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 36 places · Casula
- Exceeding NQSCreative KiddiesCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Lurnea
- Exceeding NQSSan Marino World of LearningCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Prestons
- Exceeding NQSCasula PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 27 places · Casula
- Meeting NQSSCECS OSHC St Catherine of Siena PrestonsCentre-Based Care · 150 places · Prestons
- Meeting NQSYMCA Newbridge Heights OSHCCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Moorebank
- Meeting NQSFirst Grammar HammondvilleCentre-Based Care · 102 places · Hammondville
+ 84 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
- 584
- vs previous year
- -12%
- vs 2021
- 792
- Theft 224
- Assault 97
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 73
- Malicious damage to property 55
- Against justice procedures 51
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
- 1
- Parks
- 25
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Prestons 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 Prestons 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 loss come from?
-10Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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