Moving to Cranbourne South from Mount Druitt - Whalan
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne South and Mount Druitt - Whalan, 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.
Mt Druitt PS
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Mount Druitt - Whalan (NSW catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Botanic Ridge Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne South.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Cranbourne South (VIC catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Cranbourne South has stronger government school academic context than Mount Druitt - Whalan, with an average ICSEA of 1,012 compared to 925. 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), Mount Druitt - Whalan 1,006 (5 schools).
There are 7 schools in Cranbourne South, compared to 11 in Mount Druitt - Whalan.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Cranbourne South at 24.2% (vs 56.2% in Mount Druitt - Whalan).
Cranbourne South has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Mount Druitt - Whalan's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 29% lower in Cranbourne South ($700,000 vs $980,000).
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