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Moving to Charlemont from Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Charlemont and Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
VIC · current home
Charlemont
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
15,749
15,110
Annual growth
+9.6%
+8.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,201/wk
$1,988/wk
Overseas born
14.6%
18.4%
Non-English-speaking background
7.9%
14.5%
Children aged 0–14
23.3%
20.9%
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 8
Decile 6
IRSAD score
1,064
1,021
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,055
-
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,070
1,090
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
14
2
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$680,000
$630,000
House price YoY
+4.5%
-0.8%
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
72 min
72 min
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
1
2
Parks nearby
32
41
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
124
201
Change vs prior year
+2%
-8%

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 · Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Armstrong Creek School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.

Sector Government
Years U, Prep-6
Students 905
ICSEA 1023
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (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)
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
Catholic 504 students
ICSEA 1070 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 · Charlemont
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mirripoa Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 638
ICSEA 1058
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Charlemont is Mirripoa Primary School - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Iona College Geelong
Catholic 1,332 students
ICSEA 1078 intake context
Geelong Lutheran College
Independent 1,317 students
ICSEA 1101 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

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Charlemont 1,090 (2 schools), Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school).

There are 2 schools in Charlemont, compared to 4 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 2 in Charlemont vs 14 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Charlemont at 14.5% (vs 7.9% in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek).

Charlemont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 7% lower in Charlemont ($630,000 vs $680,000).

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