Moving to Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek from Torquay
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek and Torquay, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Torquay P-6 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Torquay.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Torquay (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Armstrong Creek School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
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.
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.
Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,055, compared to 1,093 in Torquay. 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), Torquay 1,113 (2 schools).
There are 4 schools in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, compared to 6 in Torquay.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek vs 25 in Torquay.
Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, below Torquay's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 44% lower in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek ($680,000 vs $1.21M).
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