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Moving to Truganina - South West from Marsden Park - Shanes Park

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

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Comparing
Marsden Park - Shanes Park
NSW · current home
Truganina - South West
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
30,461
20,395
Annual growth
+11.6%
+0.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,729/wk
$1,947/wk
Overseas born
52.8%
55.5%
Non-English-speaking background
61.3%
72.1%
Children aged 0–14
29.9%
30.9%
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 10
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,125
995
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,089
1,041
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,080
1,101
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
13
-
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.28M
$672,000
House price YoY
+6.7%
+0.7%
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.
$750
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb - not that it has no transport.
-
30 min
GPs nearby
2
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
0
Parks nearby
16
35
Train stations
0
0
Safety NSW and Victorian crime figures cannot be compared
NSW BOCSAR (Jan-Dec 2025) and CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026) record crime on different bases - police recording practices differ between states, so a count from one is not comparable to a count from the other. We do not place them side by side.

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 · Marsden Park - Shanes Park
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northbourne Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 1,711
ICSEA 1095
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Marsden Park - Shanes Park (NSW 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)
St Luke's Catholic College (Secondary)
Catholic 940 students
ICSEA 1088 intake context
St Luke's Catholic College (Primary)
Catholic 827 students
ICSEA 1106 intake context
St Luke's Arrunga
Catholic 40 students
ICSEA 1046 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 · 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.

Honest tradeoff

Truganina - South West's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,041, compared to 1,089 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park. 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 Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools), Marsden Park - Shanes Park 1,080 (3 schools).

There are 5 schools in Truganina - South West, compared to 6 in Marsden Park - Shanes Park.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Truganina - South West at 72.1% (vs 61.3% in Marsden Park - Shanes Park).

Truganina - South West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Marsden Park - Shanes Park's Decile 10. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 48% lower in Truganina - South West ($672,000 vs $1.28M).

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Gov ICSEA1,041
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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