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Moving to Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square from Cranbourne South

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

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Comparing
Cranbourne South
VIC · current home
Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
27,368
21,369
Annual growth
+11.6%
0.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,228/wk
$1,238/wk
Overseas born
26.9%
10.5%
Non-English-speaking background
24.2%
8.0%
Children aged 0–14
24.3%
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 7
Decile 2
IRSAD score
1,031
921
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,012
949
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,093
1,032
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
22
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$725,000
$610,000
House price YoY
+4.5%
+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.
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-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
58 min
116 min
GPs nearby
1
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
3
Parks nearby
65
33
Train stations
3
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
170
844
Change vs prior year
-6%
-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 South
Government schools Live VIC + NSW catchments

Government schools in Cranbourne South

Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.

Clyde Secondary College Government · 1,096 students
ICSEA 1013
Clyde Creek Primary School Government · 761 students
ICSEA 1031
Clyde Primary School Government · 518 students
ICSEA 1003
Botanic Ridge Primary School Government · 445 students
ICSEA 1027

A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) - not a ranking or a quality score.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne
Independent 1,034 students
ICSEA 1093 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 1,012 in Cranbourne South. 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 South 1,093 (1 school).

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square vs 22 in Cranbourne South.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square at 8.0% (vs 24.2% in Cranbourne South).

Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Cranbourne South's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 16% lower in Kangaroo Flat - Golden Square ($610,000 vs $725,000).

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