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Moving to Beaconsfield - Officer from Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Beaconsfield - Officer and Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights
VIC · current home
Beaconsfield - Officer
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,415
29,524
Annual growth
+1.5%
+4.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,719/wk
$2,146/wk
Overseas born
15.7%
30.3%
Non-English-speaking background
12.0%
26.6%
Children aged 0–14
18.1%
23.1%
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 7
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,022
1,036
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
9
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,022
1,026
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,075
1,063
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
37
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$800,000
$1M
House price YoY
+6.6%
-5.2%
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
58 min
58 min
GPs nearby
0
7
Supermarkets nearby
1
2
Parks nearby
27
68
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
730
470
Change vs prior year
+19%
+8%

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 →

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

From · Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Herne Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 267
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 Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights (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)
Clonard College
Catholic 940 students
ICSEA 1051 intake context
St Patrick's School
Catholic 418 students
ICSEA 1107 intake context
Holy Spirit Parish School
Catholic 326 students
ICSEA 1068 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.

To · Beaconsfield - Officer
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kurmile Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Beaconsfield - Officer.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 107
ICSEA 1008
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Beaconsfield - Officer (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 Francis Xavier College
Catholic 2,797 students
ICSEA 1043 intake context
St Brigid's School
Catholic 375 students
ICSEA 1082 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Beaconsfield - Officer (ICSEA 1,026) and Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights (1,022).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools), Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights 1,075 (3 schools).

There are 10 schools in Beaconsfield - Officer, compared to 9 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 37 in Beaconsfield - Officer vs 13 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Beaconsfield - Officer at 26.6% (vs 12.0% in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights).

Median house prices are 26% higher in Beaconsfield - Officer ($1M vs $800,000).

Similar suburbs near Beaconsfield - Officer
Clyde North - North VIC
House$757,000
Gov ICSEA1,051
Schools4
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$775,000
Gov ICSEA1,019
Schools3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Berwick - South East VIC
Gov ICSEA1,059
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Berwick - North VIC
House$907,300
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Childcare35
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Clyde North - South VIC
Gov ICSEA1,031
Schools5
Childcare34
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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