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Moving to Highton from Grovedale - Mount Duneed

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

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Comparing
Grovedale - Mount Duneed
VIC · current home
Highton
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
28,585
25,794
Annual growth
+3.1%
+1.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,779/wk
$2,111/wk
Overseas born
18.1%
18.8%
Non-English-speaking background
12.4%
12.8%
Children aged 0–14
18.2%
18.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 8
IRSAD score
1,003
1,070
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,024
1,096
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,076
1,099
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
18
45
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$710,000
$892,500
House price YoY
+0.7%
+0.3%
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.
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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
2
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
31
42
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
866
384
Change vs prior year
-8%
-30%

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 · 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

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To · Highton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Highton Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 359
ICSEA 1121
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Christian College Geelong
Independent 1,908 students
ICSEA 1098 intake context
Woodline Primary
Independent 73 students
ICSEA 1100 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

Highton has stronger government school academic context than Grovedale - Mount Duneed, with an average ICSEA of 1,096 compared to 1,024. 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 Highton 1,099 (2 schools), Grovedale - Mount Duneed 1,076 (1 school).

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

Childcare services matched by postcode: 45 in Highton vs 18 in Grovedale - Mount Duneed.

Highton has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Grovedale - Mount Duneed's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 26% higher in Highton ($892,500 vs $710,000).

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