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Moving to Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square from Cranbourne East - North

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square and Cranbourne East - North, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Cranbourne East - North
VIC · current home
Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
25,111
21,369
Annual growth
+0.2%
0.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,931/wk
$1,238/wk
Overseas born
46.3%
10.5%
Non-English-speaking background
49.9%
8.0%
Children aged 0–14
27.6%
16.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 5
Decile 2
IRSAD score
984
921
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
992
949
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,073
1,032
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
10
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$755,000
$610,000
House price YoY
+7.3%
+12.4%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
58 min
116 min
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
4
3
Parks nearby
36
33
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,097
844
Change vs prior year
+13%
-14%

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 · Cranbourne East - North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wilandra Rise Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne East - North.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 1,139
ICSEA 987
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne East - North (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School
Catholic 711 students
ICSEA 1073 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.

To · Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kangaroo Flat Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 313
ICSEA 908
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Monica's School
Catholic 284 students
ICSEA 1032 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

Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square's government schools have an average ICSEA of 949, compared to 992 in Cranbourne East - 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 Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square 1,032 (1 school), Cranbourne East - North 1,073 (1 school).

There are 7 schools in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square, compared to 4 in Cranbourne East - North.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square vs 10 in Cranbourne East - North.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square at 8.0% (vs 49.9% in Cranbourne East - North).

Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Cranbourne East - North's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 19% lower in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square ($610,000 vs $755,000).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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