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Moving to Delacombe from Wollert

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

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Comparing
Wollert
VIC · current home
Delacombe
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
36,658
15,255
Annual growth
+9.5%
+7.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,979/wk
$1,627/wk
Overseas born
50.0%
11.0%
Non-English-speaking background
67.4%
8.0%
Children aged 0–14
29.1%
21.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,002
947
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,026
970
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,085
1,029
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
24
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Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$705,000
$545,000
House price YoY
+2.9%
-0.9%
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.
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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.
46 min
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GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
0
1
Parks nearby
178
40
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,109
430
Change vs prior year
+25%
-13%

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 · Wollert
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Wollert

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Edgars Creek Secondary College Government · 1,330 students
ICSEA 999
Edgars Creek Primary School Government · 812 students
ICSEA 1025
Wollert Primary School Government · 601 students
ICSEA 1012
Wollert Secondary College Government · 389 students
ICSEA 1005

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) — not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Glowrey Catholic Primary School
Catholic 559 students
ICSEA 1071 intake context
Carlo Acutis Catholic Primary School
Catholic 111 students
ICSEA 1098 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 in-area government school for Delacombe (VIC catchment data).

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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 has weaker government school academic context than Wollert, with an average ICSEA of 970 compared to 1,026. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Delacombe 1,029 (1 school), Wollert 1,085 (2 schools).

There are 2 schools in Delacombe, compared to 8 in Wollert.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Delacombe at 8.0% (vs 67.4% in Wollert).

Delacombe has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Wollert's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 23% lower in Delacombe ($545,000 vs $705,000).

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