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Moving to Grovedale - Mount Duneed from Torquay

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Grovedale - Mount Duneed and Torquay, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Torquay
VIC · current home
Grovedale - Mount Duneed
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
26,581
28,585
Annual growth
+0.8%
+3.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,281/wk
$1,779/wk
Overseas born
12.7%
18.1%
Non-English-speaking background
4.8%
12.4%
Children aged 0–14
21.9%
18.2%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 9
Decile 6
IRSAD score
1,092
1,003
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,093
1,024
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,113
1,076
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
20
18
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.18M
$710,000
House price YoY
-2.5%
+0.7%
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.
$650
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
4
2
Supermarkets nearby
0
2
Parks nearby
35
31
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
534
866
Change vs prior year
+3%
-8%

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 · Torquay
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Torquay P-6 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Torquay.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 617
ICSEA 1092
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Torquay (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Lisieux Catholic Primary School
Catholic 333 students
ICSEA 1106 intake context
St Therese School
Catholic 332 students
ICSEA 1119 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Grovedale - Mount Duneed
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Grovedale West Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Grovedale - Mount Duneed.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 324
ICSEA 1026
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Grovedale - Mount Duneed (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Nazareth School
Catholic 367 students
ICSEA 1076 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

Grovedale - Mount Duneed has weaker government school academic context than Torquay, with an average ICSEA of 1,024 compared to 1,093. 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), Torquay 1,113 (2 schools).

There are 7 schools in Grovedale - Mount Duneed, compared to 6 in Torquay.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 18 in Grovedale - Mount Duneed vs 20 in Torquay.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Grovedale - Mount Duneed at 12.4% (vs 4.8% in Torquay).

Grovedale - Mount Duneed has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Torquay's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 40% lower in Grovedale - Mount Duneed ($710,000 vs $1.18M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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