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Moving to Mickleham - Yuroke from Lara

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Mickleham - Yuroke and Lara, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Lara
VIC · current home
Mickleham - Yuroke
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,952
39,389
Annual growth
+4.5%
+11.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,966/wk
$1,982/wk
Overseas born
17.2%
45.5%
Non-English-speaking background
11.8%
60.5%
Children aged 0–14
19.4%
29.0%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.
Decile 5
Decile 6
IRSAD score
994
997
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
8
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
995
1,013
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,040
1,068
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
16
22
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$715,000
$717,000
House price YoY
+3.7%
+5.4%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) - not that rent is unavailable there.
$500
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
49 min
49 min
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
53
82
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
906
999
Change vs prior year
-2%
-2%

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 →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Lara
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lara Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 439
ICSEA 993
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Anthony's School
Catholic 477 students
ICSEA 1040 intake context

Fee-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.

To · Mickleham - Yuroke
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Yubup Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mickleham - Yuroke.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 710
ICSEA 1009
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Mickleham - Yuroke (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Hume Anglican Grammar
Independent 2,948 students
ICSEA 1095 intake context
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Catholic 401 students
ICSEA 1040 intake context

Fee-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.

Honest tradeoff

Mickleham - Yuroke's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,013, compared to 995 in Lara. 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 Mickleham - Yuroke 1,068 (2 schools), Lara 1,040 (1 school).

There are 8 schools in Mickleham - Yuroke, compared to 5 in Lara.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Mickleham - Yuroke vs 16 in Lara.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Mickleham - Yuroke at 60.5% (vs 11.8% in Lara).

Mickleham - Yuroke has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Lara's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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