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Moving to Delacombe from Lara

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

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Comparing
Lara
VIC · current home
Delacombe
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,952
15,255
Annual growth
+4.5%
+7.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,966/wk
$1,627/wk
Overseas born
17.2%
11.0%
Non-English-speaking background
11.8%
8.0%
Children aged 0–14
19.4%
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 5
Decile 3
IRSAD score
994
947
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
995
970
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,040
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
16
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$715,000
$623,000
House price YoY
+3.7%
+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.
$500
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
49 min
88 min
GPs nearby
2
2
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
53
40
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
906
458
Change vs prior year
-2%
-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 · Lara
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lara Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 439
ICSEA 993
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lara (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 Anthony's School
Catholic 477 students
ICSEA 1040 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 · 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 995 in Lara. 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), Lara 1,040 (1 school).

There are 2 schools in Delacombe, compared to 5 in Lara.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Delacombe vs 16 in Lara.

Delacombe has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Lara's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 13% lower in Delacombe ($623,000 vs $715,000).

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