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Moving to Cranbourne West from Carrum Downs

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne West and Carrum Downs, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Carrum Downs
VIC · current home
Cranbourne West
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
23,464
25,490
Annual growth
+0.8%
+2.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,658/wk
$1,903/wk
Overseas born
24.8%
41.4%
Non-English-speaking background
18.2%
44.7%
Children aged 0–14
19.2%
26.5%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 3
Decile 5
IRSAD score
950
973
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
986
1,003
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,052
1,045
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
21
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Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$775,000
$700,000
House price YoY
+7.6%
+5.3%
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.
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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
66 min
71 min
GPs nearby
4
3
Supermarkets nearby
2
7
Parks nearby
64
40
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,759
1,115
Change vs prior year
+1%
+18%

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 · Carrum Downs
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Banyan Fields Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Carrum Downs.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 517
ICSEA 987
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Joachim's School
Catholic 328 students
ICSEA 1052 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 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 in-area government school for Cranbourne West (VIC catchment data).

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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

Cranbourne West has stronger government school academic context than Carrum Downs, with an average ICSEA of 1,003 compared to 986. 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 West 1,045 (1 school), Carrum Downs 1,052 (1 school).

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Cranbourne West at 44.7% (vs 18.2% in Carrum Downs).

Cranbourne West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Carrum Downs's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 10% lower in Cranbourne West ($700,000 vs $775,000).

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