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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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.
Lara's government schools have an average ICSEA of 995, compared to 1,041 in Truganina - South West. 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), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Lara at 11.8% (vs 72.1% in Truganina - South West).
Median house prices are 6% higher in Lara ($715,000 vs $672,000).
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Plan the move: Truganina - South West → Lara