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.
Carrum Downs has 23,464 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.8% in a year, a median house price of $845,000, 4 schools and 19 childcare services. Full Carrum Downs 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.
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.
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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
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: 19 in Carrum Downs vs 15 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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What is the population of Carrum Downs?
23,464 people lived in Carrum Downs at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.8% over the year. Cranbourne West had 25,490.
Are houses cheaper in Carrum Downs than in Cranbourne West?
No. The median house price is $845,000 in Carrum Downs and $740,000 in Cranbourne West, 14% higher in Carrum Downs.
How many schools are in Carrum Downs?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Carrum Downs, against 4 in Cranbourne West. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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