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Moving to Flora Hill - Spring Gully from Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Flora Hill - Spring Gully and Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing

Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square

VIC · current home

Flora Hill - Spring Gully

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

21,369

9,534

Annual growth

0.0%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,238/wk

$1,465/wk

Overseas born

10.5%

10.0%

Non-English-speaking background

8.0%

7.1%

Children aged 0–14

16.8%

17.5%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

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

Decile 2

Decile 5

IRSAD score

921

981

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

949

1,036

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,032

1,064

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$555,000

$625,000

House price YoY

+1.4%

+2.0%

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

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

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

804

201

Change vs prior year

-23%

-17%

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 · Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kangaroo Flat Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 313

ICSEA 908

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

This is the zoned in-area government school for Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square (VIC catchment data).

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

St Monica's School

Catholic 284 students

ICSEA 1032 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 · Flora Hill - Spring Gully

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Quarry Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Flora Hill - Spring Gully.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 324

ICSEA 1037

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

This is the zoned in-area government school for Flora Hill - Spring Gully (VIC catchment data).

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

St Joseph's School

Catholic 234 students

ICSEA 1064 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

Flora Hill - Spring Gully has stronger government school academic context than Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, with an average ICSEA of 1,036 compared to 949. 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 Flora Hill - Spring Gully 1,064 (1 school), Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square 1,032 (1 school).

There are 4 schools in Flora Hill - Spring Gully, compared to 7 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.

Flora Hill - Spring Gully has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 13% higher in Flora Hill - Spring Gully ($625,000 vs $555,000).

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