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Moving to Caulfield - North from Bentleigh - McKinnon

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Caulfield - North and Bentleigh - McKinnon, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Bentleigh - McKinnon
VIC · current home
Caulfield - North
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
26,966
24,635
Annual growth
+0.8%
+1.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,240/wk
$2,184/wk
Overseas born
36.8%
34.9%
Non-English-speaking background
32.5%
26.9%
Children aged 0–14
18.5%
17.7%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 9
Decile 10
IRSAD score
1,102
1,122
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,132
1,097
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,114
1,105
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.9M
$2.18M
House price YoY
+9.2%
+0.9%
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
39 min
26 min
GPs nearby
1
6
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
17
9
Train stations
2
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
704
286
Change vs prior year
-5%
+10%

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 · Bentleigh - McKinnon
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Bentleigh West Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 788
ICSEA 1146
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bentleigh - McKinnon (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
Catholic 732 students
ICSEA 1093 intake context
St Paul's School
Catholic 341 students
ICSEA 1134 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 · Caulfield - North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Caulfield Junior College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Caulfield - North.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 536
ICSEA 1160
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Caulfield - North (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Caulfield Grammar School
Independent 3,555 students
ICSEA 1157 intake context
Beth Rivkah Ladies College
Independent 489 students
ICSEA 1086 intake context
Yeshivah College
Independent 362 students
ICSEA 1073 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

Caulfield - North's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,097, compared to 1,132 in Bentleigh - McKinnon. 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 Caulfield - North 1,105 (3 schools), Bentleigh - McKinnon 1,114 (2 schools).

There are 7 schools in Caulfield - North, compared to 4 in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Caulfield - North vs 17 in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Caulfield - North at 26.9% (vs 32.5% in Bentleigh - McKinnon).

Caulfield - North has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 10, above Bentleigh - McKinnon's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 15% higher in Caulfield - North ($2.18M vs $1.9M).

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House$2.25M
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 10 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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