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Moving to Rockbank - Mount Cottrell from Melton West

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

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Comparing
Melton West
VIC · current home
Rockbank - Mount Cottrell
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
22,710
35,856
Annual growth
+0.4%
+14.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,621/wk
$2,123/wk
Overseas born
28.8%
46.0%
Non-English-speaking background
29.2%
62.6%
Children aged 0–14
25.7%
24.6%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 2
Decile 7
IRSAD score
920
1,029
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
959
1,030
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
999
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Childcare services (matched by postcode)
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15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$563,500
$600,700
House price YoY
+7.3%
+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
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
4
2
Parks nearby
35
111
Train stations
0
4
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
908
559
Change vs prior year
-3%
+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 · Melton West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wedge Park Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 848
ICSEA 976
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis Catholic College
Catholic 1,846 students
ICSEA 1012 intake context
OneSchool Global Vic
Independent 556 students
ICSEA 984 intake context
St Catherine of Siena School
Catholic 522 students
ICSEA 1002 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 stronger government school academic context than Melton West, with an average ICSEA of 1,030 compared to 959. 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, Melton West 999 (3 schools).

There are 5 schools in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, compared to 8 in Melton West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell at 62.6% (vs 29.2% in Melton West).

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Melton West's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 7% higher in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell ($600,700 vs $563,500).

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Bundoora - North VIC
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House$695,000
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