Moving to Dandenong North from Highett (East) - Cheltenham
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Dandenong North and Highett (East) - Cheltenham, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Le Page Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Highett (East) - Cheltenham.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Highett (East) - Cheltenham (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Wooranna Park Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dandenong North.
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.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Dandenong North's government schools have an average ICSEA of 971, compared to 1,083 in Highett (East) - Cheltenham. 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), Highett (East) - Cheltenham 1,107 (1 school).
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Dandenong North vs 22 in Highett (East) - Cheltenham.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Dandenong North at 59.8% (vs 26.8% in Highett (East) - Cheltenham).
Dandenong North has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Highett (East) - Cheltenham's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 45% lower in Dandenong North ($761,500 vs $1.39M).
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Plan the move: Highett (East) - Cheltenham → Dandenong North