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Moving to Ringwood East from Dandenong North

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ringwood East and Dandenong North, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Dandenong North
VIC · current home
Ringwood East
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
23,391
22,164
Annual growth
+0.6%
+1.6%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,436/wk
$1,945/wk
Overseas born
50.9%
25.5%
Non-English-speaking background
59.8%
21.7%
Children aged 0–14
17.5%
19.1%
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 3
Decile 8
IRSAD score
934
1,048
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
971
1,067
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,045
1,154
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$761,500
$1.16M
House price YoY
+7.3%
+11.7%
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.
$560
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
50 min
46 min
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
1
Parks nearby
22
37
Train stations
0
2
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,247
503
Change vs prior year
-2%
-11%

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 · Dandenong North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wooranna Park Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 263
ICSEA 953
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Dandenong North (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 Elizabeth's School
Catholic 244 students
ICSEA 1045 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 · Ringwood East
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Great Ryrie Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 566
ICSEA 1072
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ringwood East (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)
Tintern Grammar
Independent 985 students
ICSEA 1154 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

Ringwood East's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,067, compared to 971 in Dandenong North. 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 Ringwood East 1,154 (1 school), Dandenong North 1,045 (1 school).

There are 7 schools in Ringwood East, compared to 5 in Dandenong North.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Ringwood East vs 13 in Dandenong North.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ringwood East at 21.7% (vs 59.8% in Dandenong North).

Ringwood East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Dandenong North's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 53% higher in Ringwood East ($1.16M vs $761,500).

Similar suburbs near Ringwood East
Melbourne CBD - North VIC
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Melbourne CBD - West VIC
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Ringwood VIC
House$1.05M
Gov ICSEA1,068
Schools7
Childcare17
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Croydon South VIC
House$1.02M
Gov ICSEA976
Schools1
Childcare3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Ringwood North VIC
House$1.27M
Gov ICSEA1,106
Schools3
Childcare7
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 9 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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