Moving to Lara from Truganina - South West
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lara and Truganina - South West, 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.
Dohertys Creek P-9 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Truganina - South West.
The government catchment school for parts of Truganina - South West is Dohertys Creek P-9 College — just outside the suburb boundary (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 weaker government school academic context than Truganina - South West, with an average ICSEA of 995 compared to 1,041. 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), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).
Childcare services matched by postcode: 12 in Lara vs 114 in Truganina - South West.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Lara at 11.8% (vs 72.1% in Truganina - South West).
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Plan the move: Truganina - South West → Lara