Moving to Carrum Downs from Cranbourne West
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Carrum Downs and Cranbourne West, 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.
Quarters Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne West.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne West (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Banyan Fields Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Carrum Downs.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Carrum Downs (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.
Carrum Downs's government schools have an average ICSEA of 986, compared to 1,003 in Cranbourne West. 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 Carrum Downs 1,052 (1 school), Cranbourne West 1,045 (1 school).
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 21 in Carrum Downs vs 16 in Cranbourne West.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Carrum Downs at 18.2% (vs 44.7% in Cranbourne West).
Carrum Downs has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Cranbourne West's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 14% higher in Carrum Downs ($845,000 vs $740,000).
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Plan the move: Cranbourne West → Carrum Downs