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Moving to Beaconsfield - Officer from Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Beaconsfield - Officer and Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square
VIC · current home
Beaconsfield - Officer
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
21,369
29,524
Annual growth
0.0%
+4.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,238/wk
$2,146/wk
Overseas born
10.5%
30.3%
Non-English-speaking background
8.0%
26.6%
Children aged 0–14
16.8%
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 2
Decile 7
IRSAD score
921
1,036
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
949
1,026
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,032
1,063
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
15
37
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$610,000
$1M
House price YoY
+12.4%
-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
116 min
58 min
GPs nearby
1
7
Supermarkets nearby
3
2
Parks nearby
33
68
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
844
470
Change vs prior year
-14%
+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 · Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kangaroo Flat Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 313
ICSEA 908
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square (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 Monica's School
Catholic 284 students
ICSEA 1032 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 · 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

Beaconsfield - Officer's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,026, compared to 949 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square. 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 Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools), Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square 1,032 (1 school).

There are 10 schools in Beaconsfield - Officer, compared to 7 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 37 in Beaconsfield - Officer vs 15 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Beaconsfield - Officer at 26.6% (vs 8.0% in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square).

Beaconsfield - Officer has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 65% higher in Beaconsfield - Officer ($1M vs $610,000).

Similar suburbs near Beaconsfield - Officer
Clyde North - North VIC
House$757,000
Gov ICSEA1,051
Schools4
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Pakenham - North West VIC
House$775,000
Gov ICSEA1,019
Schools3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Berwick - South East VIC
Gov ICSEA1,059
Schools4
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Berwick - North VIC
House$907,300
Gov ICSEA1,065
Schools7
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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