Moving to Ringwood East from Eltham
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ringwood East and Eltham, 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.
Eltham East Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Eltham.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Eltham (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.
Great Ryrie Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ringwood East.
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.
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.
Ringwood East's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,067, compared to 1,122 in Eltham. 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), Eltham 1,107 (2 schools).
There are 7 schools in Ringwood East, compared to 6 in Eltham.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 15 in Ringwood East vs 20 in Eltham.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Ringwood East at 21.7% (vs 10.8% in Eltham).
Ringwood East has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, below Eltham's Decile 9. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 9% lower in Ringwood East ($1.16M vs $1.27M).
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Plan the move: Eltham → Ringwood East