Moving to Grovedale - Mount Duneed from Highton
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Grovedale - Mount Duneed 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 in-area government school for Highton (VIC catchment data).
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Grovedale West Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Grovedale - Mount Duneed.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Grovedale - Mount Duneed (VIC catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Grovedale - Mount Duneed has weaker government school academic context than Highton, with an average ICSEA of 1,024 compared to 1,096. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Grovedale - Mount Duneed 1,076 (1 school), Highton 1,099 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Grovedale - Mount Duneed, compared to 6 in Highton.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 18 in Grovedale - Mount Duneed vs 45 in Highton.
Grovedale - Mount Duneed has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Highton's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 20% lower in Grovedale - Mount Duneed ($710,000 vs $892,500).
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