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Moving to Belmont from Charlemont

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Belmont and Charlemont, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing

Charlemont

VIC · current home

Belmont

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

15,110

15,227

Annual growth

+8.2%

+0.9%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,988/wk

$1,510/wk

Overseas born

18.4%

17.1%

Non-English-speaking background

14.5%

11.7%

Children aged 0–14

20.9%

17.1%

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 6

Decile 5

IRSAD score

1,021

995

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,021

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,090

1,095

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$630,000

$745,000

House price YoY

-0.8%

+4.2%

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

72 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)

201

1,058

Change vs prior year

-8%

+17%

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 · Charlemont

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mirripoa Primary School

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

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 638

ICSEA 1058

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Charlemont is Mirripoa Primary School - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Iona College Geelong

Catholic 1,332 students

ICSEA 1078 intake context

Geelong Lutheran College

Independent 1,317 students

ICSEA 1101 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 · Belmont

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Oberon Primary School

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

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 224

ICSEA 1024

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Clairvaux Catholic School

Catholic 631 students

ICSEA 1095 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

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Belmont 1,095 (1 school), Charlemont 1,090 (2 schools).

There are 8 schools in Belmont, compared to 2 in Charlemont.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Belmont vs 2 in Charlemont.

Belmont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Charlemont's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 18% higher in Belmont ($745,000 vs $630,000).

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