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Moving to Cranbourne West from Merrylands - Holroyd

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

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Comparing
Merrylands - Holroyd
NSW · current home
Cranbourne West
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
27,002
25,490
Annual growth
+4.4%
+2.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,461/wk
$1,903/wk
Overseas born
51.1%
41.4%
Non-English-speaking background
70.1%
44.7%
Children aged 0–14
20.4%
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 3
Decile 5
IRSAD score
942
973
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
948
1,003
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,050
1,045
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
37
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.39M
$740,000
House price YoY
+6.5%
+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.
$750
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb - not that it has no transport.
-
71 min
GPs nearby
4
3
Supermarkets nearby
3
7
Parks nearby
38
40
Train stations
1
0
Safety NSW and Victorian crime figures cannot be compared
NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025) and CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026) record crime on different bases - police recording practices differ between states, so a count from one is not comparable to a count from the other. We do not place them side by side.

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 government school for the centre of Merrylands - Holroyd (NSW 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 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 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

Cranbourne West's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,003, compared to 948 in Merrylands - Holroyd. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Cranbourne West 1,045 (1 school), Merrylands - Holroyd 1,050 (1 school).

There are 4 schools in Cranbourne West, compared to 6 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Cranbourne West vs 37 in Merrylands - Holroyd.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Cranbourne West at 44.7% (vs 70.1% in Merrylands - Holroyd).

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

Median house prices are 47% lower in Cranbourne West ($740,000 vs $1.39M).

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