Moving to Lavington from Marsden Park - Shanes Park
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Lavington and Marsden Park - Shanes Park, 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.
Northbourne Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Marsden Park - Shanes Park (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Lavington East Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lavington.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lavington (NSW 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.
Lavington's government schools have an average ICSEA of 913, compared to 1,089 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park. 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 Lavington 1,007 (2 schools), Marsden Park - Shanes Park 1,080 (3 schools).
There are 7 schools in Lavington, compared to 6 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Lavington at 12.5% (vs 61.3% in Marsden Park - Shanes Park).
Lavington has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Marsden Park - Shanes Park's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 51% lower in Lavington ($630,000 vs $1.28M).
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Plan the move: Marsden Park - Shanes Park → Lavington