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Moving to Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights from Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights and Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · current home
Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
35,856
22,415
Annual growth
+14.7%
+1.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,123/wk
$1,719/wk
Overseas born
46.0%
15.7%
Non-English-speaking background
62.6%
12.0%
Children aged 0–14
24.6%
18.1%
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 7
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,029
1,022
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
9
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,030
1,022
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,075
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
58
13
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$638,000
$800,000
House price YoY
+3.8%
+6.6%
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
32 min
58 min
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
111
27
Train stations
4
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
553
730
Change vs prior year
+74%
+19%

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 · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 1,323
ICSEA 1058
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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To · Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Herne Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 267
ICSEA 1023
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Clonard College
Catholic 940 students
ICSEA 1051 intake context
St Patrick's School
Catholic 418 students
ICSEA 1107 intake context
Holy Spirit Parish School
Catholic 326 students
ICSEA 1068 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights (ICSEA 1,022) and Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (1,030).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights 1,075 (3 schools), Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2.

There are 9 schools in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights, compared to 5 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 13 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights vs 58 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights at 12.0% (vs 62.6% in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell).

Median house prices are 25% higher in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights ($800,000 vs $638,000).

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Gov ICSEA1,115
Schools7
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$902,500
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Childcare11
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Belmont VIC
House$745,000
Gov ICSEA1,021
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Childcare14
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$720,000
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Schools7
Childcare15
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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