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Moving to Delacombe from Corio - Lovely Banks

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Delacombe and Corio - Lovely Banks, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Corio - Lovely Banks
VIC · current home
Delacombe
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
18,486
15,255
Annual growth
+0.2%
+7.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,230/wk
$1,627/wk
Overseas born
25.0%
11.0%
Non-English-speaking background
24.5%
8.0%
Children aged 0–14
18.4%
21.3%
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 1
Decile 3
IRSAD score
849
947
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
877
970
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,039
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$595,000
$623,000
House price YoY
+18.2%
+21.9%
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.
$420
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
54 min
88 min
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
39
40
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,118
458
Change vs prior year
+7%
-11%

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 · Corio - Lovely Banks
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northern Bay P-12 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Corio - Lovely Banks.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 1,726
ICSEA 877
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Corio - Lovely Banks (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)
Geelong Grammar School
Independent 1,422 students
ICSEA 1149 intake context
Geelong Baptist College
Independent 255 students
ICSEA 1031 intake context
St Francis Xavier School
Catholic 177 students
ICSEA 937 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Delacombe
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Delacombe Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 641
ICSEA 970
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Delacombe (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)
Lumen Christi School
Catholic 324 students
ICSEA 1029 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

Delacombe's government schools have an average ICSEA of 970, compared to 877 in Corio - Lovely Banks. 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 Delacombe 1,029 (1 school), Corio - Lovely Banks 1,039 (3 schools).

There are 2 schools in Delacombe, compared to 4 in Corio - Lovely Banks.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Delacombe vs 9 in Corio - Lovely Banks.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Delacombe at 8.0% (vs 24.5% in Corio - Lovely Banks).

Delacombe has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, above Corio - Lovely Banks's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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