Moving to Highett (East) - Cheltenham from Bentleigh - McKinnon
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Highett (East) - Cheltenham and Bentleigh - McKinnon, 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.
Bentleigh West Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bentleigh - McKinnon.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bentleigh - McKinnon (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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Le Page Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Highett (East) - Cheltenham.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Highett (East) - Cheltenham (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.
Highett (East) - Cheltenham's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,083, compared to 1,132 in Bentleigh - McKinnon. 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 Highett (East) - Cheltenham 1,107 (1 school), Bentleigh - McKinnon 1,114 (2 schools).
There are 5 schools in Highett (East) - Cheltenham, compared to 4 in Bentleigh - McKinnon.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Highett (East) - Cheltenham vs 17 in Bentleigh - McKinnon.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Highett (East) - Cheltenham at 26.8% (vs 32.5% in Bentleigh - McKinnon).
Highett (East) - Cheltenham has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, below Bentleigh - McKinnon's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 27% lower in Highett (East) - Cheltenham ($1.39M vs $1.9M).
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Plan the move: Bentleigh - McKinnon → Highett (East) - Cheltenham