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Moving to Cranbourne South from Merrylands - Holroyd

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

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Comparing
Merrylands - Holroyd
NSW · current home
Cranbourne South
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
27,002
27,368
Annual growth
+4.4%
+11.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,461/wk
$2,228/wk
Overseas born
51.1%
26.9%
Non-English-speaking background
70.1%
24.2%
Children aged 0–14
20.4%
24.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 3
Decile 7
IRSAD score
942
1,031
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
948
1,012
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,050
1,093
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
39
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.43M
$700,000
House price YoY
+4.6%
-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.
$800
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
4
1
Supermarkets nearby
3
1
Parks nearby
38
65
Train stations
1
3
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
3,156
173
Change vs prior year
0%
-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 · Merrylands - Holroyd
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Merrylands Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 620
ICSEA 936
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Margaret Mary's Primary School
Catholic 574 students
ICSEA 1050 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 · 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 stronger government school academic context than Merrylands - Holroyd, with an average ICSEA of 1,012 compared to 948. 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), Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school).

There are 7 schools in Cranbourne South, compared to 6 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Cranbourne South at 24.2% (vs 70.1% in Merrylands - Holroyd).

Cranbourne South has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Merrylands - Holroyd's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 51% lower in Cranbourne South ($700,000 vs $1.43M).

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