Move comparison · NSW → VIC

Moving to Cranbourne West from Schofields - East

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

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Schofields - East

NSW · current home

Cranbourne West

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

38,569

25,490

Annual growth

+7.4%

+2.6%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,682/wk

$1,903/wk

Overseas born

54.0%

41.4%

Non-English-speaking background

60.5%

44.7%

Children aged 0–14

28.0%

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 10

Decile 5

IRSAD score

1,130

973

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,107

1,003

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,106

1,045

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.38M

$740,000

House price YoY

+7.6%

+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.

$745

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

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

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 · Schofields - East

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Riverbank Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Schofields - East.

Sector Government

Years K-6

Students 2,030

ICSEA 1141

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Schofields - East (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)

Rouse Hill Anglican College

Independent 1,578 students

ICSEA 1137 intake context

St John Paul II Catholic College

Catholic 1,159 students

ICSEA 1074 intake context

St Joseph's Primary School

Catholic 724 students

ICSEA 1108 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 1,107 in Schofields - East. 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), Schofields - East 1,106 (3 schools).

There are 4 schools in Cranbourne West, compared to 8 in Schofields - East.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Cranbourne West vs 19 in Schofields - East.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Cranbourne West at 44.7% (vs 60.5% in Schofields - East).

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

Median house prices are 46% lower in Cranbourne West ($740,000 vs $1.38M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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House$1.05M

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Childcare6

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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