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What's actually happening across Ridgehaven, Redwood Park, Modbury, Golden Grove, Surrey Downs and Hope Valley — written after the inspections, not off a spreadsheet. Every number here is sourced and dated, so you can check it yourself.
Sixty thousand apart with near-identical growth — and one of them is carved up between four different high schools.
1 Oct 2026 · 5 min read
Suburb guideOne is dearer and steadier, one grew nearly three times faster — and only one of them sits wholly inside a single high school zone.
1 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
BuyingSame postcode, shared border, ten thousand dollars apart — and the two official price sources disagree about which one is actually dearer.
1 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
Suburb guideThe strongest growth of any suburb in the north-east — and why four different websites will give you four different numbers for it.
1 Oct 2026 · 6 min read
Schools and familyFive local suburbs have a high school zone boundary running straight through them, and most primary schools here aren't zoned at all.
1 Oct 2026 · 7 min read
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