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Moving to Blackburn from Ringwood East

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

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Comparing
Ringwood East
VIC · current home
Blackburn
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,164
23,732
Annual growth
+1.6%
+1.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,945/wk
$2,050/wk
Overseas born
25.5%
33.6%
Non-English-speaking background
21.7%
32.4%
Children aged 0–14
19.1%
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 8
Decile 9
IRSAD score
1,048
1,087
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,067
1,136
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,154
1,134
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
15
25
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.16M
$1.57M
House price YoY
+11.7%
+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.
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$620
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
46 min
33 min
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
4
Parks nearby
37
41
Train stations
2
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
503
713
Change vs prior year
-11%
-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 · Ringwood East
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Great Ryrie Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 566
ICSEA 1072
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ringwood East (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)
Tintern Grammar
Independent 985 students
ICSEA 1154 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

Blackburn's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,136, compared to 1,067 in Ringwood East. 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 Blackburn 1,134 (2 schools), Ringwood East 1,154 (1 school).

There are 8 schools in Blackburn, compared to 7 in Ringwood East.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 25 in Blackburn vs 15 in Ringwood East.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Blackburn at 32.4% (vs 21.7% in Ringwood East).

Blackburn has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 9, above Ringwood East's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 35% higher in Blackburn ($1.57M vs $1.16M).

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House$1.27M
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