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Moving to Fraser Rise - Plumpton from Alfredton

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Fraser Rise - Plumpton and Alfredton, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Alfredton
VIC · current home
Fraser Rise - Plumpton
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
20,825
24,739
Annual growth
+3.7%
+19.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,952/wk
$2,254/wk
Overseas born
15.7%
42.2%
Non-English-speaking background
13.5%
52.9%
Children aged 0–14
23.9%
27.6%
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 7
IRSAD score
1,011
1,035
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,019
1,031
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,071
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
14
6
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$650,000
$700,000
House price YoY
+6.1%
+2.6%
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
88 min
32 min
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
1
1
Parks nearby
72
80
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
565
548
Change vs prior year
+12%
+2%

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 · Alfredton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lucas Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 527
ICSEA 1029
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Alfredton (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 More School
Catholic 431 students
ICSEA 1087 intake context
Siena Catholic Primary School
Catholic 336 students
ICSEA 1055 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 · Fraser Rise - Plumpton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Deanside Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 590
ICSEA 1044
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Fraser Rise - Plumpton (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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 Fraser Rise - Plumpton (ICSEA 1,031) and Alfredton (1,019).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2, Alfredton 1,071 (2 schools).

There are 2 schools in Fraser Rise - Plumpton, compared to 4 in Alfredton.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 6 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton vs 14 in Alfredton.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Fraser Rise - Plumpton at 52.9% (vs 13.5% in Alfredton).

Fraser Rise - Plumpton has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Alfredton's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 8% higher in Fraser Rise - Plumpton ($700,000 vs $650,000).

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