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Moving to Corio - Lovely Banks from Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Corio - Lovely Banks and Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · current home
Corio - Lovely Banks
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
35,856
18,486
Annual growth
+14.7%
+0.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,123/wk
$1,230/wk
Overseas born
46.0%
25.0%
Non-English-speaking background
62.6%
24.5%
Children aged 0–14
24.6%
18.4%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 1
IRSAD score
1,029
849
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,030
877
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
—
1,039
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
15
2
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$600,700
$698,000
House price YoY
+0.2%
-9.4%
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.
—
$420
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.
36 min
—
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
111
39
Train stations
4
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
559
2,051
Change vs prior year
+117%
+3%

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 · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 1,323
ICSEA 1058
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data).

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To · Corio - Lovely Banks
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northern Bay P-12 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Corio - Lovely Banks.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 1,726
ICSEA 877
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Corio - Lovely Banks (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Geelong Grammar School
Independent 1,422 students
ICSEA 1149 intake context
Geelong Baptist College
Independent 255 students
ICSEA 1031 intake context
St Francis Xavier School
Catholic 177 students
ICSEA 937 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

Corio - Lovely Banks has weaker government school academic context than Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, with an average ICSEA of 877 compared to 1,030. 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 Corio - Lovely Banks 1,039 (3 schools), Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2.

There are 4 schools in Corio - Lovely Banks, compared to 5 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 2 in Corio - Lovely Banks vs 15 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Corio - Lovely Banks at 24.5% (vs 62.6% in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell).

Corio - Lovely Banks has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Rockbank - Mount Cottrell's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 16% higher in Corio - Lovely Banks ($698,000 vs $600,700).

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