Moving to Lara from Canadian (Mount Clear area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lara and Canadian - Mount Clear, side by side - all from public government data.
Lara has 23,952 people (ABS, June 2025), +4.5% in a year, a median house price of $715,000, 5 schools and 17 childcare services. Full Lara suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Mount Clear Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Canadian - Mount Clear.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Canadian - Mount Clear (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.
Lara Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lara (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.
Honest tradeoff
Lara's government schools have an average ICSEA of 995, compared to 978 in Canadian - Mount Clear. 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 Lara 1,040 (1 school), Canadian - Mount Clear 1,070 (2 schools).
There are 5 schools in Lara, compared to 7 in Canadian - Mount Clear.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 17 in Lara vs 4 in Canadian - Mount Clear.
Lara has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Canadian - Mount Clear's Decile 4. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 21% higher in Lara ($715,000 vs $590,900).
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What is the population of Lara?
23,952 people lived in Lara at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +4.5% over the year. Canadian (Mount Clear area) had 12,518.
Are houses cheaper in Lara than in Canadian (Mount Clear area)?
No. The median house price is $715,000 in Lara and $590,900 in Canadian (Mount Clear area), 21% higher in Lara.
How many schools are in Lara?
ACARA lists 5 schools in Lara, against 7 in Canadian (Mount Clear area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Canadian - Mount Clear → Lara