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Moving to Dandenong North from Blackburn

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Dandenong North and Blackburn, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Blackburn
VIC · current home
Dandenong North
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,732
23,391
Annual growth
+1.4%
+0.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,050/wk
$1,436/wk
Overseas born
33.6%
50.9%
Non-English-speaking background
32.4%
59.8%
Children aged 0–14
17.2%
17.5%
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 9
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,087
934
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,136
971
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,134
1,045
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
25
13
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.57M
$761,500
House price YoY
+6.2%
+7.3%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk
$620
$560
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
33 min
50 min
GPs nearby
1
3
Supermarkets nearby
4
0
Parks nearby
41
22
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
713
1,247
Change vs prior year
-11%
-2%

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 · Blackburn
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Blackburn Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 440
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 Blackburn (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 Thomas the Apostle School
Catholic 185 students
ICSEA 1130 intake context
St Philip's School
Catholic 40 students
ICSEA 1137 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 · Dandenong North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wooranna Park Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dandenong North.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 263
ICSEA 953
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Dandenong North (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 Elizabeth's School
Catholic 244 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

Dandenong North's government schools have an average ICSEA of 971, compared to 1,136 in Blackburn. 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 Dandenong North 1,045 (1 school), Blackburn 1,134 (2 schools).

There are 5 schools in Dandenong North, compared to 8 in Blackburn.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Dandenong North vs 25 in Blackburn.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Dandenong North at 59.8% (vs 32.4% in Blackburn).

Dandenong North has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Blackburn's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 51% lower in Dandenong North ($761,500 vs $1.57M).

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House$815,000
Gov ICSEA1,000
Schools3
Childcare4
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$845,000
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Dandenong - North VIC
House$830,000
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Schools8
Childcare31
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 1 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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