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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 (2024)
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)
Decile 6
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,021
995
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
—
1,021
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
1,095
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
—
—
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$651,000
$686,000
House price YoY
+7.0%
+0.5%
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
GPs nearby
2
2
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
41
19
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
219
983
Change vs prior year
+21%
+12%

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 in-area government school for Belmont (VIC catchment data).

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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.

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 5% higher in Belmont ($686,000 vs $651,000).

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