Moving to Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights from Melton South - Weir Views
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights and Melton South - Weir Views, 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.
Melton South Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Melton South - Weir Views.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Melton South - Weir Views (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 950 in Melton South - Weir Views. 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), Melton South - Weir Views 1,028 (3 schools).
There are 9 schools in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights, compared to 6 in Melton South - Weir Views.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights vs 17 in Melton South - Weir Views.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights at 12.0% (vs 38.3% in Melton South - Weir Views).
Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Melton South - Weir Views's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 38% higher in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights ($800,000 vs $581,300).
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Plan the move: Melton South - Weir Views → Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights