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Moving to Torquay from Truganina - South West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Torquay and Truganina - South West, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Truganina - South West
VIC · current home
Torquay
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
20,395
26,581
Annual growth
+0.7%
+0.8%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,947/wk
$2,281/wk
Overseas born
55.5%
12.7%
Non-English-speaking background
72.1%
4.8%
Children aged 0–14
30.9%
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 5
Decile 9
IRSAD score
995
1,092
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,041
1,093
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,101
1,113
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
-
25
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$672,000
$1.21M
House price YoY
+0.7%
+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
30 min
76 min
GPs nearby
0
4
Supermarkets nearby
0
0
Parks nearby
35
35
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,493
506
Change vs prior year
+11%
-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 · Truganina - South West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Dohertys Creek P-9 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Truganina - South West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-9
Students 1,698
ICSEA 1070
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Truganina - South West is Dohertys Creek P-9 College - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Al-Taqwa College
Independent 2,617 students
ICSEA 1069 intake context
Westbourne Grammar School
Independent 2,121 students
ICSEA 1166 intake context
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 442 students
ICSEA 1069 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 1,041 in Truganina - South West. 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), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).

There are 6 schools in Torquay, compared to 5 in Truganina - South West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Torquay at 4.8% (vs 72.1% in Truganina - South West).

Torquay has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 9, above Truganina - South West's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 80% higher in Torquay ($1.21M vs $672,000).

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