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Moving to Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek from Melton South - Weir Views

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek and Melton South - Weir Views, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton South - Weir Views
VIC · current home
Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,821
15,749
Annual growth
+5.5%
+9.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,363/wk
$2,201/wk
Overseas born
34.7%
14.6%
Non-English-speaking background
38.3%
7.9%
Children aged 0–14
26.7%
23.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 1
Decile 8
IRSAD score
881
1,064
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
950
1,055
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,028
1,070
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$581,300
$680,000
House price YoY
+7.2%
+4.5%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
40 min
72 min
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
23
32
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,084
124
Change vs prior year
+1%
+2%

Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Melton South - Weir Views
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Melton South Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Melton South - Weir Views.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 972
ICSEA 962
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Melton South - Weir Views (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Al Iman College
Independent 1,149 students
ICSEA 1059 intake context
St Anthony's School
Catholic 646 students
ICSEA 1000 intake context
St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School
Catholic 473 students
ICSEA 1024 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Armstrong Creek School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.

Sector Government
Years U, Prep-6
Students 905
ICSEA 1023
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
Catholic 504 students
ICSEA 1070 intake context

Fee-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.

Honest tradeoff

Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,055, compared to 950 in Melton South - Weir Views. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school), Melton South - Weir Views 1,028 (3 schools).

There are 4 schools in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, compared to 6 in Melton South - Weir Views.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek vs 17 in Melton South - Weir Views.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek at 7.9% (vs 38.3% in Melton South - Weir Views).

Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Melton South - Weir Views's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 17% higher in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek ($680,000 vs $581,300).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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