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Moving to Belmont from Werribee - West

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

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Comparing
Werribee - West
VIC · current home
Belmont
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
32,943
15,227
Annual growth
+8.3%
+0.9%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,995/wk
$1,510/wk
Overseas born
35.4%
17.1%
Non-English-speaking background
34.6%
11.7%
Children aged 0–14
23.1%
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 5
Decile 5
IRSAD score
992
995
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
995
1,021
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,053
1,095
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
57
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$635,000
$745,000
House price YoY
+4.3%
+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.
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-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
44 min
72 min
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
85
19
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
4,121
1,058
Change vs prior year
-7%
+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 · Werribee - West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lollypop Creek Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Werribee - West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 390
ICSEA 1034
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Werribee - West (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)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 402 students
ICSEA 1085 intake context
St Andrew's School
Catholic 290 students
ICSEA 1021 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

Belmont's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,021, compared to 995 in Werribee - West. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Belmont 1,095 (1 school), Werribee - West 1,053 (2 schools).

There are 8 schools in Belmont, compared to 10 in Werribee - West.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Belmont vs 57 in Werribee - West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Belmont at 11.7% (vs 34.6% in Werribee - West).

Median house prices are 17% higher in Belmont ($745,000 vs $635,000).

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