Moving to Carrum Downs from Lynbrook - Lyndhurst
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Carrum Downs and Lynbrook - Lyndhurst, 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.
Lynbrook Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lynbrook - Lyndhurst.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Lynbrook - Lyndhurst (VIC catchment data).
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Banyan Fields Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Carrum Downs.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Carrum Downs (VIC catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Carrum Downs has weaker government school academic context than Lynbrook - Lyndhurst, with an average ICSEA of 986 compared to 1,005. 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), Lynbrook - Lyndhurst 1,042 (1 school).
There are 4 schools in Carrum Downs, compared to 3 in Lynbrook - Lyndhurst.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 21 in Carrum Downs vs 11 in Lynbrook - Lyndhurst.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Carrum Downs at 18.2% (vs 60.4% in Lynbrook - Lyndhurst).
Carrum Downs has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Lynbrook - Lyndhurst's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 18% lower in Carrum Downs ($775,000 vs $942,500).
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