Moving to Strathfieldsaye from Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Strathfieldsaye and Fraser Rise - Plumpton, side by side - all from public government data.
Strathfieldsaye has 11,705 people (ABS, June 2025), +2.2% in a year, a median house price of $772,500, 2 schools and 7 childcare services. Full Strathfieldsaye suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Deanside Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Fraser Rise - Plumpton (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapWe show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Strathfieldsaye Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Strathfieldsaye.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Strathfieldsaye (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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Strathfieldsaye and Fraser Rise - Plumpton have a similar average ICSEA (1,038 and 1,031) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Strathfieldsaye 1,093 (1 school), Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Strathfieldsaye vs 6 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Strathfieldsaye at 4.5% (vs 52.9% in Fraser Rise - Plumpton).
Strathfieldsaye has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Fraser Rise - Plumpton's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 10% higher in Strathfieldsaye ($772,500 vs $700,000).
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What is the population of Strathfieldsaye?
11,705 people lived in Strathfieldsaye at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +2.2% over the year. Fraser Rise (Plumpton area) had 24,739.
Are houses cheaper in Strathfieldsaye than in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area)?
No. The median house price is $772,500 in Strathfieldsaye and $700,000 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area), 10% higher in Strathfieldsaye.
How many schools are in Strathfieldsaye?
ACARA lists 2 schools in Strathfieldsaye, against 2 in Fraser Rise (Plumpton area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Fraser Rise - Plumpton → Strathfieldsaye