Moving to Grovedale (Mount Duneed area) from Beaconsfield (Officer area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Grovedale - Mount Duneed and Beaconsfield - Officer, side by side - all from public government data.
Grovedale (Mount Duneed area) has 28,585 people (ABS, June 2025), +3.1% in a year, a median house price of $740,500, 7 schools and 15 childcare services. Full Grovedale (Mount Duneed area) suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Kurmile Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Beaconsfield - Officer.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Beaconsfield - Officer (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.
Grovedale West Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Grovedale - Mount Duneed.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Grovedale - Mount Duneed (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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Grovedale - Mount Duneed and Beaconsfield - Officer have a similar average ICSEA (1,024 and 1,026) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Grovedale - Mount Duneed 1,076 (1 school), Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Grovedale - Mount Duneed, compared to 10 in Beaconsfield - Officer.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Grovedale - Mount Duneed vs 37 in Beaconsfield - Officer.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Grovedale - Mount Duneed at 12.4% (vs 26.6% in Beaconsfield - Officer).
Grovedale - Mount Duneed has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Beaconsfield - Officer's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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What is the population of Grovedale (Mount Duneed area)?
28,585 people lived in Grovedale (Mount Duneed area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +3.1% over the year. Beaconsfield (Officer area) had 29,524.
Are houses cheaper in Grovedale (Mount Duneed area) than in Beaconsfield (Officer area)?
Yes. The median house price is $740,500 in Grovedale (Mount Duneed area) and $775,000 in Beaconsfield (Officer area), 4% lower in Grovedale (Mount Duneed area).
How many schools are in Grovedale (Mount Duneed area)?
ACARA lists 7 schools in Grovedale (Mount Duneed area), against 10 in Beaconsfield (Officer area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Beaconsfield - Officer → Grovedale - Mount Duneed