Moving to Melton South - Weir Views from Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Melton South - Weir Views and Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, 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.
Armstrong Creek School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (VIC catchment data).
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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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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Melton South - Weir Views has weaker government school academic context than Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, with an average ICSEA of 950 compared to 1,055. 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 Melton South - Weir Views 1,028 (3 schools), Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school).
There are 6 schools in Melton South - Weir Views, compared to 4 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
Childcare services matched by postcode: 35 in Melton South - Weir Views vs 2 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Melton South - Weir Views at 38.3% (vs 7.9% in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek).
Melton South - Weir Views has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 1, below Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 61% lower in Melton South - Weir Views ($565,000 vs $1.46M).
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Plan the move: Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek → Melton South - Weir Views