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Moving to Charlemont from Truganina - South West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Charlemont and Truganina - South West, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Truganina - South West
VIC · current home
Charlemont
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
20,395
15,110
Annual growth
+0.7%
+8.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,947/wk
$1,988/wk
Overseas born
55.5%
18.4%
Non-English-speaking background
72.1%
14.5%
Children aged 0–14
30.9%
20.9%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 5
Decile 6
IRSAD score
995
1,021
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,041
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,101
1,090
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
114
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$670,800
$651,000
House price YoY
+4.7%
+7.0%
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
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
0
2
Parks nearby
35
41
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
2,476
219
Change vs prior year
+16%
+21%

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 · Truganina - South West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Dohertys Creek P-9 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Truganina - South West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-9
Students 1,698
ICSEA 1070
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Truganina - South West is Dohertys Creek P-9 College — just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Al-Taqwa College
Independent 2,617 students
ICSEA 1069 intake context
Westbourne Grammar School
Independent 2,121 students
ICSEA 1166 intake context
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 442 students
ICSEA 1069 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), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).

There are 2 schools in Charlemont, compared to 5 in Truganina - South West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Charlemont at 14.5% (vs 72.1% in Truganina - South West).

Charlemont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Truganina - South West's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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