Moving to Canadian - Mount Clear from Lara
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Canadian - Mount Clear and Lara, 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.
Lara Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lara (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.
Mount Clear Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Canadian - Mount Clear.
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.
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.
Canadian - Mount Clear's government schools have an average ICSEA of 978, compared to 995 in Lara. 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), Lara 1,040 (1 school).
There are 7 schools in Canadian - Mount Clear, compared to 5 in Lara.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Canadian - Mount Clear vs 16 in Lara.
Canadian - Mount Clear has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, below Lara's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 17% lower in Canadian - Mount Clear ($590,900 vs $715,000).
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Plan the move: Lara → Canadian - Mount Clear