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Moving to Lara from Cranbourne West

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

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Comparing
Cranbourne West
VIC · current home
Lara
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
25,490
23,952
Annual growth
+2.6%
+4.5%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,903/wk
$1,966/wk
Overseas born
41.4%
17.2%
Non-English-speaking background
44.7%
11.8%
Children aged 0–14
26.5%
19.4%
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 5
IRSAD score
973
994
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,003
995
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,045
1,040
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
16
16
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$740,000
$715,000
House price YoY
+6.5%
+3.7%
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
Train to CBD, AM peak
71 min
49 min
GPs nearby
3
2
Supermarkets nearby
7
2
Parks nearby
40
53
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,069
906
Change vs prior year
0%
-2%

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 West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Quarters Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 466
ICSEA 1003
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne West (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 Peter's College
Catholic 2,089 students
ICSEA 1045 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 government school for the centre of Lara (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 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 West (1,003).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Lara 1,040 (1 school), Cranbourne West 1,045 (1 school).

There are 5 schools in Lara, compared to 4 in Cranbourne West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Lara at 11.8% (vs 44.7% in Cranbourne West).

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