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Moving to Doreen - North from Eltham

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Doreen - North and Eltham, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Eltham
VIC · current home
Doreen - North
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,669
17,283
Annual growth
+0.7%
+0.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,464/wk
$2,173/wk
Overseas born
18.4%
17.5%
Non-English-speaking background
10.8%
15.6%
Children aged 0–14
18.9%
26.7%
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 9
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,099
1,027
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,122
1,025
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,107
1,080
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
20
-
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.27M
$833,500
House price YoY
+9.6%
+8.2%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
47 min
54 min
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
3
1
Parks nearby
82
123
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
655
737
Change vs prior year
-7%
+20%

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 · Eltham
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Eltham East Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 652
ICSEA 1143
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Eltham (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)
Catholic Ladies' College Ltd
Catholic 901 students
ICSEA 1119 intake context
Our Lady Help of Christians School
Catholic 79 students
ICSEA 1094 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 · Doreen - North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Hazel Glen College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Doreen - North.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 2,141
ICSEA 1023
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Doreen - North (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 Paul the Apostle Catholic Primary School
Catholic 454 students
ICSEA 1080 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

Doreen - North's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,025, compared to 1,122 in Eltham. 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 Doreen - North 1,080 (1 school), Eltham 1,107 (2 schools).

There are 3 schools in Doreen - North, compared to 6 in Eltham.

Doreen - North has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Eltham's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 35% lower in Doreen - North ($833,500 vs $1.27M).

Similar suburbs near Doreen - North
Doreen - South VIC
Gov ICSEA1,037
Schools1
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Mernda - North VIC
House$757,500
Gov ICSEA1,035
Schools2
Childcare18
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Mernda - South VIC
Gov ICSEA1,033
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
South Morang - North VIC
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
South Morang - South VIC
Gov ICSEA1,027
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Childcare15
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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