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Moving to Belmont from Cranbourne South

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Belmont and Cranbourne South, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Cranbourne South
VIC · current home
Belmont
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
27,368
15,227
Annual growth
+11.6%
+0.9%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,228/wk
$1,510/wk
Overseas born
26.9%
17.1%
Non-English-speaking background
24.2%
11.7%
Children aged 0–14
24.3%
17.1%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,031
995
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,012
1,021
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,093
1,095
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
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Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$700,000
$686,000
House price YoY
-14.9%
+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.
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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
2
Supermarkets nearby
1
0
Parks nearby
65
19
Train stations
3
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
173
983
Change vs prior year
-2%
+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 · Cranbourne South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Botanic Ridge Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 445
ICSEA 1027
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne
Independent 1,034 students
ICSEA 1093 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Belmont (ICSEA 1,021) and Cranbourne South (1,012).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Belmont 1,095 (1 school), Cranbourne South 1,093 (1 school).

There are 8 schools in Belmont, compared to 7 in Cranbourne South.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Belmont at 11.7% (vs 24.2% in Cranbourne South).

Belmont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Cranbourne South's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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