Moving to Highton from Beaconsfield - Officer
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Highton and Beaconsfield - Officer, 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.
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.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Highton Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Highton.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Highton (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.
Highton's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,096, compared to 1,026 in Beaconsfield - Officer. 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 Highton 1,099 (2 schools), Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools).
There are 6 schools in Highton, compared to 10 in Beaconsfield - Officer.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 14 in Highton vs 37 in Beaconsfield - Officer.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Highton at 12.8% (vs 26.6% in Beaconsfield - Officer).
Highton has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Beaconsfield - Officer's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 12% lower in Highton ($886,000 vs $1M).
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Plan the move: Beaconsfield - Officer → Highton