Moving to Truganina - South West from Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Truganina - South West and Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Armstrong Creek School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Dohertys Creek P-9 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Truganina - South West.
The government catchment school for parts of Truganina - South West is Dohertys Creek P-9 College - just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).
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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Truganina - South West (ICSEA 1,041) and Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (1,055).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools), Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school).
There are 5 schools in Truganina - South West, compared to 4 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Truganina - South West at 72.1% (vs 7.9% in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek).
Truganina - South West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek → Truganina - South West