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Moving to Eltham from Bentleigh - McKinnon

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Eltham and Bentleigh - McKinnon, side by side — all from public government data.

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Bentleigh - McKinnon

VIC · current home

Eltham

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

26,966

23,669

Annual growth

+0.8%

+0.7%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,240/wk

$2,464/wk

Overseas born

36.8%

18.4%

Non-English-speaking background

32.5%

10.8%

Children aged 0–14

18.5%

18.9%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 9

IRSAD score

1,102

1,099

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,132

1,122

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,114

1,107

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$1.85M

$1.26M

House price YoY

+2.2%

+7.0%

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.

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47 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

716

645

Change vs prior year

-5%

-9%

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 · Bentleigh - McKinnon

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Bentleigh West Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 788

ICSEA 1146

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

This is the zoned in-area government school for Bentleigh - McKinnon (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Catholic 732 students

ICSEA 1093 intake context

St Paul's School

Catholic 341 students

ICSEA 1134 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 · 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

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This is the zoned in-area government school for Eltham (VIC catchment data).

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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.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Government school academic context is comparable between Eltham (ICSEA 1,122) and Bentleigh - McKinnon (1,132).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Eltham 1,107 (2 schools), Bentleigh - McKinnon 1,114 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Eltham, compared to 4 in Bentleigh - McKinnon.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Eltham at 10.8% (vs 32.5% in Bentleigh - McKinnon).

Median house prices are 32% lower in Eltham ($1.26M vs $1.85M).

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