Moving to Boronia from Blackburn
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Boronia and Blackburn, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Blackburn Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Blackburn.
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.
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.
Dillbadin Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Boronia.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Boronia (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.
Boronia's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,007, compared to 1,136 in Blackburn. 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 Boronia 1,031 (2 schools), Blackburn 1,134 (2 schools).
There are 6 schools in Boronia, compared to 8 in Blackburn.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 18 in Boronia vs 25 in Blackburn.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Boronia at 21.7% (vs 32.4% in Blackburn).
Boronia has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Blackburn's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 41% lower in Boronia ($926,000 vs $1.57M).
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