Moving to Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights from Highton
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights and Highton, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Highton Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Highton.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Highton (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.
Herne Hill Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,022, compared to 1,096 in Highton. 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 Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights 1,075 (3 schools), Highton 1,099 (2 schools).
There are 9 schools in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights, compared to 6 in Highton.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights vs 14 in Highton.
Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Highton's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 10% lower in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights ($800,000 vs $886,000).
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