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Moving to Cranbourne West from Bendigo Surrounds - South

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne West and Bendigo Surrounds - South, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Bendigo Surrounds - South
VIC · current home
Cranbourne West
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
9,094
25,490
Annual growth
+1.7%
+2.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,040/wk
$1,903/wk
Overseas born
6.8%
41.4%
Non-English-speaking background
2.4%
44.7%
Children aged 0–14
20.7%
26.5%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 7
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,025
973
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,012
1,003
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,045
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$673,800
$740,000
House price YoY
+5.3%
+6.5%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
116 min
71 min
GPs nearby
0
3
Supermarkets nearby
0
7
Parks nearby
1
40
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
1,069
Change vs prior year
-
0%

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 · Bendigo Surrounds - South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kangaroo Flat Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo Surrounds - South.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 313
ICSEA 908
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Bendigo Surrounds - South is Kangaroo Flat Primary School - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

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

Quarters Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 466
ICSEA 1003
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne West (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Peter's College
Catholic 2,089 students
ICSEA 1045 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Cranbourne West (ICSEA 1,003) and Bendigo Surrounds - South (1,012).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Cranbourne West 1,045 (1 school), Bendigo Surrounds - South none in this SA2.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Cranbourne West vs 6 in Bendigo Surrounds - South.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Cranbourne West at 44.7% (vs 2.4% in Bendigo Surrounds - South).

Cranbourne West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Bendigo Surrounds - South's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 10% higher in Cranbourne West ($740,000 vs $673,800).

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