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Moving to Rockbank - Mount Cottrell from Lindfield - Roseville

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

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Comparing
Lindfield - Roseville
NSW · current home
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
25,620
35,856
Annual growth
-0.1%
+14.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$3,125/wk
$2,123/wk
Overseas born
40.5%
46.0%
Non-English-speaking background
34.9%
62.6%
Children aged 0–14
20.3%
24.6%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 10
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,169
1,029
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
10
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,150
1,030
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,174
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Childcare services (matched by postcode)
53
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$4.16M
$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.
$1100
—
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.
—
36 min
GPs nearby
3
0
Supermarkets nearby
4
2
Parks nearby
38
111
Train stations
2
4
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
230
559
Change vs prior year
+16%
+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 · Lindfield - Roseville
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lindfield Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lindfield - Roseville.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 584
ICSEA 1162
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Lindfield - Roseville (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Roseville College
Independent 1,060 students
ICSEA 1191 intake context
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Catholic 259 students
ICSEA 1168 intake context
Highfields Preparatory and Kindergarten School
Independent 98 students
ICSEA 1164 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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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
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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 Lindfield - Roseville, with an average ICSEA of 1,030 compared to 1,150. 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, Lindfield - Roseville 1,174 (3 schools).

There are 5 schools in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, compared to 10 in Lindfield - Roseville.

Childcare services matched by postcode: 15 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell vs 53 in Lindfield - Roseville.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell at 62.6% (vs 34.9% in Lindfield - Roseville).

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

Median house prices are 86% lower in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell ($600,700 vs $4.16M).

Similar suburbs near Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
Bundoora - North VIC
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Fraser Rise - Plumpton VIC
House$695,000
Gov ICSEA1,031
Schools2
Childcare15
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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