Moving to Caroline Springs from Taylors Hill
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Caroline Springs and Taylors Hill, side by side - all from public government data.
Caroline Springs has 20,934 people (ABS, June 2025), -0.1% in a year, a median house price of $835,000, 6 schools and 16 childcare services. Full Caroline Springs suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Taylors Hill Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Taylors Hill.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Taylors Hill (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.
Creekside K-9 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Caroline Springs.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Caroline Springs (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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Caroline Springs and Taylors Hill have a similar average ICSEA (1,014 and 1,027) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Caroline Springs 1,054 (2 schools), Taylors Hill 1,085 (3 schools).
There are 6 schools in Caroline Springs, compared to 4 in Taylors Hill.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Caroline Springs vs 7 in Taylors Hill.
Caroline Springs has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Taylors Hill's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 11% lower in Caroline Springs ($835,000 vs $938,000).
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What is the population of Caroline Springs?
20,934 people lived in Caroline Springs at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of -0.1% over the year. Taylors Hill had 19,874.
Are houses cheaper in Caroline Springs than in Taylors Hill?
Yes. The median house price is $835,000 in Caroline Springs and $938,000 in Taylors Hill, 11% lower in Caroline Springs.
How many schools are in Caroline Springs?
ACARA lists 6 schools in Caroline Springs, against 4 in Taylors Hill. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Taylors Hill → Caroline Springs