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Moving to Eltham from Wollert

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

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Comparing
Wollert
VIC · current home
Eltham
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
36,658
23,669
Annual growth
+9.5%
+0.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,979/wk
$2,464/wk
Overseas born
50.0%
18.4%
Non-English-speaking background
67.4%
10.8%
Children aged 0–14
29.1%
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 6
Decile 9
IRSAD score
1,002
1,099
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,026
1,122
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,085
1,107
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
24
20
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$725,000
$1.27M
House price YoY
+4.3%
+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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
46 min
47 min
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
178
82
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,052
655
Change vs prior year
+6%
-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 · 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 · 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

Eltham's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,122, compared to 1,026 in Wollert. 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 Eltham 1,107 (2 schools), Wollert 1,085 (2 schools).

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

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 20 in Eltham vs 24 in Wollert.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Eltham at 10.8% (vs 67.4% in Wollert).

Eltham has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 9, above Wollert's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 76% higher in Eltham ($1.27M vs $725,000).

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