Moving to Delacombe from Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Delacombe and Fraser Rise - Plumpton, side by side - all from public government data.
Delacombe has 15,255 people (ABS, June 2025), +7.3% in a year, a median house price of $623,000, 2 schools and 8 childcare services. Full Delacombe suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Deanside Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Fraser Rise - Plumpton (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Delacombe Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Delacombe.
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.
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.
Honest tradeoff
Delacombe's government schools have an average ICSEA of 970, compared to 1,031 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton. 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), Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 8 in Delacombe vs 6 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Delacombe at 8.0% (vs 52.9% in Fraser Rise - Plumpton).
Delacombe has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Fraser Rise - Plumpton's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 11% lower in Delacombe ($623,000 vs $700,000).
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What is the population of Delacombe?
15,255 people lived in Delacombe at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +7.3% over the year. Fraser Rise (Plumpton area) had 24,739.
Are houses cheaper in Delacombe than in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)?
Yes. The median house price is $623,000 in Delacombe and $700,000 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area), 11% lower in Delacombe.
How many schools are in Delacombe?
ACARA lists 2 schools in Delacombe, against 2 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Fraser Rise - Plumpton → Delacombe