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Moving to Cranbourne South from Ermington - Rydalmere

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne South and Ermington - Rydalmere, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Ermington - Rydalmere
NSW · current home
Cranbourne South
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
26,956
27,368
Annual growth
+1.7%
+11.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,958/wk
$2,228/wk
Overseas born
43.0%
26.9%
Non-English-speaking background
50.3%
24.2%
Children aged 0–14
19.0%
24.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,045
1,031
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,041
1,012
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,084
1,093
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
19
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.95M
$700,000
House price YoY
+2.0%
-14.9%
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.
$780
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
0
1
Parks nearby
57
65
Train stations
3
3
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
575
173
Change vs prior year
+6%
-2%

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 · Ermington - Rydalmere
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Rydalmere Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ermington - Rydalmere.

Sector Government
Years P-6
Students 151
ICSEA 1018
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Ermington - Rydalmere (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Patrick's Marist College
Catholic 1,070 students
ICSEA 1089 intake context
St Mary's Primary School
Catholic 377 students
ICSEA 1079 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Cranbourne South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Botanic Ridge Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 445
ICSEA 1027
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Cranbourne South (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne
Independent 1,034 students
ICSEA 1093 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

Cranbourne South has weaker government school academic context than Ermington - Rydalmere, with an average ICSEA of 1,012 compared to 1,041. 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 Cranbourne South 1,093 (1 school), Ermington - Rydalmere 1,084 (2 schools).

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Cranbourne South at 24.2% (vs 50.3% in Ermington - Rydalmere).

Median house prices are 64% lower in Cranbourne South ($700,000 vs $1.95M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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