Moving to Cranbourne East - North from Highton
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne East - North and Highton, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Highton Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Highton.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Highton (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.
Wilandra Rise Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne East - North.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne East - North (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.
Cranbourne East - North's government schools have an average ICSEA of 992, compared to 1,096 in Highton. 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 Cranbourne East - North 1,073 (1 school), Highton 1,099 (2 schools).
There are 4 schools in Cranbourne East - North, compared to 6 in Highton.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Cranbourne East - North vs 14 in Highton.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Cranbourne East - North at 49.9% (vs 12.8% in Highton).
Cranbourne East - North has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Highton's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 15% lower in Cranbourne East - North ($755,000 vs $886,000).
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Plan the move: Highton → Cranbourne East - North