Moving to Corio (Lovely Banks area) from Beaconsfield (Officer area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Corio - Lovely Banks and Beaconsfield - Officer, side by side - all from public government data.
Corio (Lovely Banks area) has 18,486 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.2% in a year, a median house price of $595,000, 4 schools and 9 childcare services. Full Corio (Lovely Banks area) suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Kurmile Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Beaconsfield - Officer.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Beaconsfield - Officer (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Northern Bay P-12 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Corio - Lovely Banks.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Corio - Lovely Banks (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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
Corio - Lovely Banks's government schools have an average ICSEA of 877, compared to 1,026 in Beaconsfield - Officer. 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 Corio - Lovely Banks 1,039 (3 schools), Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools).
There are 4 schools in Corio - Lovely Banks, compared to 10 in Beaconsfield - Officer.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 9 in Corio - Lovely Banks vs 37 in Beaconsfield - Officer.
Corio - Lovely Banks has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Beaconsfield - Officer's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 23% lower in Corio - Lovely Banks ($595,000 vs $775,000).
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What is the population of Corio (Lovely Banks area)?
18,486 people lived in Corio (Lovely Banks area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.2% over the year. Beaconsfield (Officer area) had 29,524.
Are houses cheaper in Corio (Lovely Banks area) than in Beaconsfield (Officer area)?
Yes. The median house price is $595,000 in Corio (Lovely Banks area) and $775,000 in Beaconsfield (Officer area), 23% lower in Corio (Lovely Banks area).
How many schools are in Corio (Lovely Banks area)?
ACARA lists 4 schools in Corio (Lovely Banks area), against 10 in Beaconsfield (Officer area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Beaconsfield - Officer → Corio - Lovely Banks