Moving to Highett (East) - Cheltenham from Dandenong North
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Highett (East) - Cheltenham and Dandenong North, 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.
Wooranna Park Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Dandenong North.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Dandenong North (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
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 971 in Dandenong North. 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), Dandenong North 1,045 (1 school).
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Highett (East) - Cheltenham vs 13 in Dandenong North.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Highett (East) - Cheltenham at 26.8% (vs 59.8% in Dandenong North).
Highett (East) - Cheltenham has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Dandenong North's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 82% higher in Highett (East) - Cheltenham ($1.39M vs $761,500).
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Plan the move: Dandenong North → Highett (East) - Cheltenham