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Moving to Tarneit - North from Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

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

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Comparing

Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

VIC · current home

Tarneit - North

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

35,856

15,880

Annual growth

+14.7%

+18.5%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,123/wk

$2,198/wk

Overseas born

46.0%

64.7%

Non-English-speaking background

62.6%

79.5%

Children aged 0–14

24.6%

29.7%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 7

IRSAD score

1,029

1,031

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,030

1,049

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

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1,104

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$600,700

$665,000

House price YoY

+0.2%

+3.0%

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

36 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

111

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

559

3,562

Change vs prior year

+117%

+17%

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 · 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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To · Tarneit - North

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Nearnung Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tarneit - North.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 485

ICSEA 1045

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

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

St Teresa of Kolkata Catholic Primary School

Catholic 204 students

ICSEA 1104 intake context

Fee-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

Tarneit - North has stronger government school academic context than Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, with an average ICSEA of 1,049 compared to 1,030. 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 Tarneit - North 1,104 (1 school), Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2.

There are 3 schools in Tarneit - North, compared to 5 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Tarneit - North at 79.5% (vs 62.6% in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell).

Median house prices are 11% higher in Tarneit - North ($665,000 vs $600,700).

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House$1.09M

Gov ICSEA1,044

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Gov ICSEA1,074

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Gov ICSEA1,027

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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House$915,000

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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