Moving to Belmont from Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Belmont 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 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.
Oberon Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Belmont.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Belmont (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.
Belmont's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,021, compared to 1,055 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek. 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 Belmont 1,095 (1 school), Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school).
There are 8 schools in Belmont, compared to 4 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
Belmont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 10% higher in Belmont ($745,000 vs $680,000).
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Plan the move: Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek → Belmont