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Moving to Lara from Cranbourne East - North

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lara and Cranbourne East - North, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Cranbourne East - North
VIC · current home
Lara
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,111
23,952
Annual growth
+0.2%
+4.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,931/wk
$1,966/wk
Overseas born
46.3%
17.2%
Non-English-speaking background
49.9%
11.8%
Children aged 0–14
27.6%
19.4%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 5
Decile 5
IRSAD score
984
994
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
992
995
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,073
1,040
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
—
12
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$730,000
$688,800
House price YoY
+2.1%
-1.0%
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.
—
$500
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
2
Supermarkets nearby
4
2
Parks nearby
36
53
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,095
939
Change vs prior year
+17%
+1%

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 in-area government school for Cranbourne East - North (VIC catchment data).

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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 · Lara
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lara Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 439
ICSEA 993
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Anthony's School
Catholic 477 students
ICSEA 1040 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Lara (ICSEA 995) and Cranbourne East - North (992).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Lara 1,040 (1 school), Cranbourne East - North 1,073 (1 school).

There are 5 schools in Lara, compared to 4 in Cranbourne East - North.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Lara at 11.8% (vs 49.9% in Cranbourne East - North).

Median house prices are 6% lower in Lara ($688,800 vs $730,000).

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