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Moving to Beaconsfield - Officer from Lara

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Beaconsfield - Officer and Lara, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Lara
VIC · current home
Beaconsfield - Officer
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
23,952
29,524
Annual growth
+4.5%
+4.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,966/wk
$2,146/wk
Overseas born
17.2%
30.3%
Non-English-speaking background
11.8%
26.6%
Children aged 0–14
19.4%
23.1%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 5
Decile 7
IRSAD score
994
1,036
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
995
1,026
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,040
1,063
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
12
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$688,800
$960,000
House price YoY
-1.0%
+1.1%
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.
$500
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
7
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
53
68
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
939
508
Change vs prior year
+1%
+43%

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 · Lara
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lara Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 439
ICSEA 993
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Lara (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Anthony's School
Catholic 477 students
ICSEA 1040 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 in-area government school for Beaconsfield - Officer (VIC catchment data).

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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 has stronger government school academic context than Lara, with an average ICSEA of 1,026 compared to 995. 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), Lara 1,040 (1 school).

There are 10 schools in Beaconsfield - Officer, compared to 5 in Lara.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 7 in Beaconsfield - Officer vs 12 in Lara.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Beaconsfield - Officer at 26.6% (vs 11.8% in Lara).

Beaconsfield - Officer has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Lara's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 39% higher in Beaconsfield - Officer ($960,000 vs $688,800).

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House$735,500
Gov ICSEA1,051
Schools4
Childcare48
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,019
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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