Moving to Mooroolbark from Boronia
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Mooroolbark and Boronia, 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.
Dillbadin Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Boronia.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Boronia (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.
Bimbadeen Heights Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mooroolbark.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Mooroolbark (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.
Mooroolbark's government schools have an average ICSEA of 990, compared to 1,007 in Boronia. 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 Mooroolbark 1,046 (3 schools), Boronia 1,031 (2 schools).
There are 10 schools in Mooroolbark, compared to 6 in Boronia.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 20 in Mooroolbark vs 18 in Boronia.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Mooroolbark at 15.7% (vs 21.7% in Boronia).
Mooroolbark has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Boronia's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: Boronia → Mooroolbark