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Moving to Torquay from Mickleham - Yuroke

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Torquay and Mickleham - Yuroke, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Mickleham - Yuroke
VIC · current home
Torquay
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
39,389
26,581
Annual growth
+11.8%
+0.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,982/wk
$2,281/wk
Overseas born
45.5%
12.7%
Non-English-speaking background
60.5%
4.8%
Children aged 0–14
29.0%
21.9%
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 6
Decile 9
IRSAD score
997
1,092
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,013
1,093
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,068
1,113
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
22
25
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$717,000
$1.21M
House price YoY
+5.4%
+1.0%
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.
-
$650
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
49 min
76 min
GPs nearby
0
4
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
82
35
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
999
506
Change vs prior year
-2%
-2%

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 · Mickleham - Yuroke
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Yubup Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mickleham - Yuroke.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 710
ICSEA 1009
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Mickleham - Yuroke (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)
Hume Anglican Grammar
Independent 2,948 students
ICSEA 1095 intake context
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School
Catholic 401 students
ICSEA 1040 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.

To · Torquay
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Torquay P-6 College

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 617
ICSEA 1092
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Torquay (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)
Lisieux Catholic Primary School
Catholic 333 students
ICSEA 1106 intake context
St Therese School
Catholic 332 students
ICSEA 1119 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

Torquay's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,093, compared to 1,013 in Mickleham - Yuroke. 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 Torquay 1,113 (2 schools), Mickleham - Yuroke 1,068 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Torquay, compared to 8 in Mickleham - Yuroke.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 25 in Torquay vs 22 in Mickleham - Yuroke.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Torquay at 4.8% (vs 60.5% in Mickleham - Yuroke).

Torquay has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 9, above Mickleham - Yuroke's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 68% higher in Torquay ($1.21M vs $717,000).

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