Moving to Lara from Melton South - Weir Views
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lara and Melton South - Weir Views, side by side — all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area — side by side, never a blended average.
Melton South Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Melton South - Weir Views.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Melton South - Weir Views (VIC catchment data).
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Lara Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Lara (VIC catchment data).
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Lara has stronger government school academic context than Melton South - Weir Views, with an average ICSEA of 995 compared to 950. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Lara 1,040 (1 school), Melton South - Weir Views 1,028 (3 schools).
There are 5 schools in Lara, compared to 6 in Melton South - Weir Views.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 12 in Lara vs 35 in Melton South - Weir Views.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Lara at 11.8% (vs 38.3% in Melton South - Weir Views).
Lara has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Melton South - Weir Views's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 22% higher in Lara ($688,800 vs $565,000).
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