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Move comparison · VIC → VIC

Moving to Eltham from Blackburn

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

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Comparing
Blackburn
VIC · current home
Eltham
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,732
23,669
Annual growth
+1.4%
+0.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,050/wk
$2,464/wk
Overseas born
33.6%
18.4%
Non-English-speaking background
32.4%
10.8%
Children aged 0–14
17.2%
18.9%
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 9
IRSAD score
1,087
1,099
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,136
1,122
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,134
1,107
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
25
20
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.57M
$1.27M
House price YoY
+6.2%
+9.6%
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.
$620
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
33 min
47 min
GPs nearby
1
2
Supermarkets nearby
4
3
Parks nearby
41
82
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
713
655
Change vs prior year
-11%
-7%

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 · Blackburn
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Blackburn Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 440
ICSEA 1141
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Blackburn (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 Thomas the Apostle School
Catholic 185 students
ICSEA 1130 intake context
St Philip's School
Catholic 40 students
ICSEA 1137 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 · 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.

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 Blackburn (1,136).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Eltham 1,107 (2 schools), Blackburn 1,134 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Eltham, compared to 8 in Blackburn.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 20 in Eltham vs 25 in Blackburn.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Eltham at 10.8% (vs 32.4% in Blackburn).

Median house prices are 19% lower in Eltham ($1.27M vs $1.57M).

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