Moving to Belmont from Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Belmont and Fraser Rise - Plumpton, side by side - all from public government data.
Belmont has 15,227 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.9% in a year, a median house price of $745,000, 8 schools and 14 childcare services. Full Belmont suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Deanside Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Fraser Rise - Plumpton (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe 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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Belmont and Fraser Rise - Plumpton have a similar average ICSEA (1,021 and 1,031) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Belmont 1,095 (1 school), Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2.
There are 8 schools in Belmont, compared to 2 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Belmont vs 6 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Belmont at 11.7% (vs 52.9% in Fraser Rise - Plumpton).
Belmont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Fraser Rise - Plumpton's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 6% higher in Belmont ($745,000 vs $700,000).
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What is the population of Belmont?
15,227 people lived in Belmont at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.9% over the year. Fraser Rise (Plumpton area) had 24,739.
Are houses cheaper in Belmont than in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)?
No. The median house price is $745,000 in Belmont and $700,000 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area), 6% higher in Belmont.
How many schools are in Belmont?
ACARA lists 8 schools in Belmont, against 2 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Fraser Rise - Plumpton → Belmont