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Moving to Carrum Downs from Langwarrin

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Carrum Downs and Langwarrin, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Langwarrin
VIC · current home
Carrum Downs
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,788
23,464
Annual growth
+0.4%
+0.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,950/wk
$1,658/wk
Overseas born
16.0%
24.8%
Non-English-speaking background
5.8%
18.2%
Children aged 0–14
19.9%
19.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,005
950
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,025
986
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,085
1,052
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
28
21
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$872,000
$775,000
House price YoY
+4.7%
+7.6%
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
74 min
66 min
GPs nearby
3
4
Supermarkets nearby
0
2
Parks nearby
53
64
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
806
1,759
Change vs prior year
-7%
+1%

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 · Langwarrin
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Langwarrin Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Langwarrin.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 663
ICSEA 1022
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Langwarrin (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Woodleigh School
Independent 897 students
ICSEA 1116 intake context
Bayside Christian College
Independent 573 students
ICSEA 1086 intake context
St Jude's School
Catholic 309 students
ICSEA 1052 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 · Carrum Downs
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Banyan Fields Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Carrum Downs.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 517
ICSEA 987
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Carrum Downs (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Joachim's School
Catholic 328 students
ICSEA 1052 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

Carrum Downs has weaker government school academic context than Langwarrin, with an average ICSEA of 986 compared to 1,025. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Carrum Downs 1,052 (1 school), Langwarrin 1,085 (3 schools).

There are 4 schools in Carrum Downs, compared to 7 in Langwarrin.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 21 in Carrum Downs vs 28 in Langwarrin.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Carrum Downs at 18.2% (vs 5.8% in Langwarrin).

Carrum Downs has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Langwarrin's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 11% lower in Carrum Downs ($775,000 vs $872,000).

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