Riverwood
New South Wales · Hurstville · Sydney - Inner South West
This profile uses the ABS Riverwood statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Riverwood is a locality in the Hurstville area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Riverwood SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Riverwood SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Riverwood Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Riverwood.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Riverwood (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 Riverwood
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment450ICSEA1083
- Primary · Government · Years P-6Enrolment126ICSEA958
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment106ICSEA987
- Primary · Independent · Years K-6Enrolment32ICSEA1110
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSAttunga Cottage Before and After School CareCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Peakhurst
- Exceeding NQSSDN Riverwood Children's Education and Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Riverwood
- Exceeding NQSLearning Link's Pre-SchoolCentre-Based Care · 41 places · Peakhurst
- Exceeding NQSLittle FootprintsCentre-Based Care · 35 places · Riverwood
- Exceeding NQSAttunga Cottage Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 29 places · Peakhurst
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Riverwood OSHCCentre-Based Care · 81 places · Riverwood
- Meeting NQSPeakhurst South OOSH and Vacation CareCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Peakhurst South
- Meeting NQSRiverwood Montessori AcademyCentre-Based Care · 79 places · Riverwood
- Meeting NQSLugarno OOSH & Vacation CareCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Lugarno
- Meeting NQSPeakhurst West OSHC CentreCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Peakhurst
- Meeting NQSRiverwood Community Centre OSHC & Vacation CareCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Riverwood
- Meeting NQSSmarties Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 58 places · Peakhurst
+ 14 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
- 1,927
- vs previous year
- +15%
- vs 2021
- 1,876
- Against justice procedures 376
- Transport regulatory offences 369
- Theft 361
- Drug offences 257
- Assault 162
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
- 2
- Parks
- 11
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Riverwood SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+220Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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