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Moving to Rockbank - Mount Cottrell from Highton

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell and Highton, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Highton
VIC · current home
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,794
35,856
Annual growth
+1.0%
+14.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,111/wk
$2,123/wk
Overseas born
18.8%
46.0%
Non-English-speaking background
12.8%
62.6%
Children aged 0–14
18.3%
24.6%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 8
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,070
1,029
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,096
1,030
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,099
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Childcare services (matched by postcode)
45
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$892,500
$600,700
House price YoY
+0.3%
+0.2%
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 Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.
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36 min
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
42
111
Train stations
0
4
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
384
559
Change vs prior year
-30%
+117%

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 · Highton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Highton Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 359
ICSEA 1121
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Christian College Geelong
Independent 1,908 students
ICSEA 1098 intake context
Woodline Primary
Independent 73 students
ICSEA 1100 intake context

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To · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 1,323
ICSEA 1058
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This is the zoned in-area government school for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data).

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Honest tradeoff

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell has weaker government school academic context than Highton, with an average ICSEA of 1,030 compared to 1,096. 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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2, Highton 1,099 (2 schools).

There are 5 schools in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, compared to 6 in Highton.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 15 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell vs 45 in Highton.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell at 62.6% (vs 12.8% in Highton).

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, below Highton's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 33% lower in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell ($600,700 vs $892,500).

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Bundoora - North VIC
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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