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Moving to Canadian - Mount Clear from Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Canadian - Mount Clear and Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights
VIC · current home
Canadian - Mount Clear
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,415
12,518
Annual growth
+1.5%
+0.9%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,719/wk
$1,396/wk
Overseas born
15.7%
12.6%
Non-English-speaking background
12.0%
8.7%
Children aged 0–14
18.1%
17.5%
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 7
Decile 4
IRSAD score
1,022
963
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
9
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,022
978
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,075
1,070
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$800,000
$590,900
House price YoY
+6.6%
+24.7%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
58 min
82 min
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
1
1
Parks nearby
27
45
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
730
186
Change vs prior year
+19%
+18%

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 · Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Herne Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 267
ICSEA 1023
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights (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)
Clonard College
Catholic 940 students
ICSEA 1051 intake context
St Patrick's School
Catholic 418 students
ICSEA 1107 intake context
Holy Spirit Parish School
Catholic 326 students
ICSEA 1068 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 · Canadian - Mount Clear
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mount Clear Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Canadian - Mount Clear.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 221
ICSEA 991
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Canadian - Mount Clear (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)
Damascus College
Catholic 1,215 students
ICSEA 1052 intake context
Emmaus Catholic Primary School
Catholic 362 students
ICSEA 1088 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

Canadian - Mount Clear's government schools have an average ICSEA of 978, compared to 1,022 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights. 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 Canadian - Mount Clear 1,070 (2 schools), Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights 1,075 (3 schools).

There are 7 schools in Canadian - Mount Clear, compared to 9 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Canadian - Mount Clear vs 13 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Canadian - Mount Clear has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 26% lower in Canadian - Mount Clear ($590,900 vs $800,000).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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