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Moving to Rockbank - Mount Cottrell from Melton South - Weir Views

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell and Melton South - Weir Views, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton South - Weir Views
VIC · current home
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
22,821
35,856
Annual growth
+5.5%
+14.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,363/wk
$2,123/wk
Overseas born
34.7%
46.0%
Non-English-speaking background
38.3%
62.6%
Children aged 0–14
26.7%
24.6%
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 1
Decile 7
IRSAD score
881
1,029
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
950
1,030
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,028
-
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
17
58
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$581,300
$638,000
House price YoY
+7.2%
+3.8%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
40 min
32 min
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
23
111
Train stations
1
4
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,084
553
Change vs prior year
+1%
+74%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Melton South - Weir Views
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Melton South Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Melton South - Weir Views.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 972
ICSEA 962
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Melton South - Weir Views (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)
Al Iman College
Independent 1,149 students
ICSEA 1059 intake context
St Anthony's School
Catholic 646 students
ICSEA 1000 intake context
St Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Primary School
Catholic 473 students
ICSEA 1024 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 government school for the centre of Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,030, compared to 950 in Melton South - Weir Views. 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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2, Melton South - Weir Views 1,028 (3 schools).

There are 5 schools in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, compared to 6 in Melton South - Weir Views.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 58 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell vs 17 in Melton South - Weir Views.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell at 62.6% (vs 38.3% in Melton South - Weir Views).

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Melton South - Weir Views's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 10% higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell ($638,000 vs $581,300).

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Bundoora - North VIC
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$700,000
Gov ICSEA1,031
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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