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Moving to Blackburn from Bentleigh - McKinnon

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Blackburn and Bentleigh - McKinnon, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Bentleigh - McKinnon
VIC · current home
Blackburn
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
26,966
23,732
Annual growth
+0.8%
+1.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,240/wk
$2,050/wk
Overseas born
36.8%
33.6%
Non-English-speaking background
32.5%
32.4%
Children aged 0–14
18.5%
17.2%
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 9
Decile 9
IRSAD score
1,102
1,087
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,132
1,136
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,114
1,134
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
25
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.9M
$1.57M
House price YoY
+9.2%
+6.2%
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.
-
$620
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
39 min
33 min
GPs nearby
1
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
4
Parks nearby
17
41
Train stations
2
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
704
713
Change vs prior year
-5%
-11%

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 · Bentleigh - McKinnon
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Bentleigh West Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 788
ICSEA 1146
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bentleigh - McKinnon (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)
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
Catholic 732 students
ICSEA 1093 intake context
St Paul's School
Catholic 341 students
ICSEA 1134 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 · Blackburn
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Blackburn Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 440
ICSEA 1141
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Blackburn (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 Thomas the Apostle School
Catholic 185 students
ICSEA 1130 intake context
St Philip's School
Catholic 40 students
ICSEA 1137 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 Blackburn (ICSEA 1,136) and Bentleigh - McKinnon (1,132).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Blackburn 1,134 (2 schools), Bentleigh - McKinnon 1,114 (2 schools).

There are 8 schools in Blackburn, compared to 4 in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 25 in Blackburn vs 17 in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

Median house prices are 17% lower in Blackburn ($1.57M vs $1.9M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$1.27M
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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