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Moving to Belmont from Highton

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

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Comparing
Highton
VIC · current home
Belmont
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,794
15,227
Annual growth
+1.0%
+0.9%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,111/wk
$1,510/wk
Overseas born
18.8%
17.1%
Non-English-speaking background
12.8%
11.7%
Children aged 0–14
18.3%
17.1%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 8
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,070
995
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,096
1,021
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,099
1,095
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
45
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Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$892,500
$686,000
House price YoY
+0.3%
+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
2
0
Parks nearby
42
19
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
384
983
Change vs prior year
-30%
+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 · Highton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Highton Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 359
ICSEA 1121
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Christian College Geelong
Independent 1,908 students
ICSEA 1098 intake context
Woodline Primary
Independent 73 students
ICSEA 1100 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

Belmont has weaker government school academic context than Highton, with an average ICSEA of 1,021 compared to 1,096. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Belmont 1,095 (1 school), Highton 1,099 (2 schools).

There are 8 schools in Belmont, compared to 6 in Highton.

Belmont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Highton's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 23% lower in Belmont ($686,000 vs $892,500).

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House$710,000
Gov ICSEA1,024
Schools7
Childcare18
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,022
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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