Moving to Beaconsfield - Officer from Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Beaconsfield - Officer and Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, 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.
Armstrong Creek School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (VIC catchment data).
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Kurmile Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Beaconsfield - Officer.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Beaconsfield - Officer (VIC catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Beaconsfield - Officer has weaker government school academic context than Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, with an average ICSEA of 1,026 compared to 1,055. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools), Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school).
There are 10 schools in Beaconsfield - Officer, compared to 4 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 7 in Beaconsfield - Officer vs 2 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Beaconsfield - Officer at 26.6% (vs 7.9% in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek).
Beaconsfield - Officer has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 34% lower in Beaconsfield - Officer ($960,000 vs $1.46M).
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Plan the move: Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek → Beaconsfield - Officer