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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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Comparing
Lynbrook - Lyndhurst
VIC · current home
Carrum Downs
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
19,545
23,464
Annual growth
+0.9%
+0.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,330/wk
$1,658/wk
Overseas born
53.9%
24.8%
Non-English-speaking background
60.4%
18.2%
Children aged 0–14
25.4%
19.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,026
950
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,005
986
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,042
1,052
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
11
21
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$942,500
$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 Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.
66 min
GPs nearby
0
4
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
37
64
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
552
1,759
Change vs prior year
+30%
+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 · Lynbrook - Lyndhurst
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lynbrook Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lynbrook - Lyndhurst.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 777
ICSEA 1011
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis de Sales Catholic Primary School
Catholic 315 students
ICSEA 1042 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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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 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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Pakenham - South East VIC
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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