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Moving to Mooroolbark from Eltham

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Mooroolbark and Eltham, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Eltham
VIC · current home
Mooroolbark
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
23,669
24,395
Annual growth
+0.7%
+0.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,464/wk
$1,992/wk
Overseas born
18.4%
21.5%
Non-English-speaking background
10.8%
15.7%
Children aged 0–14
18.9%
19.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 9
Decile 6
IRSAD score
1,099
1,009
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,122
990
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,107
1,046
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
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20
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.26M
$880,000
House price YoY
+7.0%
0.0%
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.
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—
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
47 min
54 min
GPs nearby
2
1
Supermarkets nearby
3
0
Parks nearby
82
60
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
645
802
Change vs prior year
-9%
+10%

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 · Eltham
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Eltham East Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 652
ICSEA 1143
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Eltham (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Catholic Ladies' College Ltd
Catholic 901 students
ICSEA 1119 intake context
Our Lady Help of Christians School
Catholic 79 students
ICSEA 1094 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 · Mooroolbark
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Bimbadeen Heights Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 541
ICSEA 1039
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Mooroolbark (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Billanook College
Independent 889 students
ICSEA 1104 intake context
St Peter Julian Eymard
Catholic 583 students
ICSEA 1036 intake context
Mooroolbark Grammar
Independent 39 students
ICSEA 997 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

Mooroolbark has weaker government school academic context than Eltham, with an average ICSEA of 990 compared to 1,122. 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 Mooroolbark 1,046 (3 schools), Eltham 1,107 (2 schools).

There are 10 schools in Mooroolbark, compared to 6 in Eltham.

Mooroolbark has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Eltham's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 30% lower in Mooroolbark ($880,000 vs $1.26M).

Similar suburbs near Mooroolbark
Chirnside Park VIC
House$940,000
Gov ICSEA1,040
Schools2
Childcare7
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Kilsyth VIC
House$837,500
Gov ICSEA958
Schools4
Childcare9
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Croydon - East VIC
Gov ICSEA1,034
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Montrose VIC
House$985,000
Gov ICSEA1,049
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Childcare8
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Lilydale - Coldstream VIC
House$957,500
Gov ICSEA1,015
Schools11
Childcare16
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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