Scone
New South Wales · Upper Hunter · Hunter Valley exc Newcastle
This profile uses the ABS Scone statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Scone is a locality in the Upper Hunter area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Scone SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Scone SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Scone Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Scone.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Scone (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 Scone
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment692ICSEA1025
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment400ICSEA943
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment316ICSEA894
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment138ICSEA1002
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSScone and District Pre SchoolCentre-Based Care · 52 places · Scone
- Exceeding NQSThe Yellow Cottage - Scone Grammar School PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 43 places · Scone
- Meeting NQSUpper Hunter Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 57 places · Scone
- Meeting NQSUpper Hunter Family Day CareFamily Day Care · Scone
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 478
- vs previous year
- +21%
- vs 2021
- 440
- Theft 163
- Assault 65
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 60
- Against justice procedures 57
- Malicious damage to property 49
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
- 2
- Parks
- 9
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Scone 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 Scone 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
- $650,000
- House price YoY
- -0.5%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $570/wk
Where did the loss come from?
-34Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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