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Moving to Werribee - West from Corio - Lovely Banks

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Werribee - West and Corio - Lovely Banks, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Corio - Lovely Banks
VIC · current home
Werribee - West
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
18,486
32,943
Annual growth
+0.2%
+8.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,230/wk
$1,995/wk
Overseas born
25.0%
35.4%
Non-English-speaking background
24.5%
34.6%
Children aged 0–14
18.4%
23.1%
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 1
Decile 5
IRSAD score
849
992
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
4
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
877
995
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,039
1,053
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
9
57
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$595,000
$635,000
House price YoY
+18.2%
+4.3%
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.
$420
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
54 min
44 min
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
3
Parks nearby
39
85
Train stations
1
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,118
4,121
Change vs prior year
+7%
-7%

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 · Corio - Lovely Banks
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Northern Bay P-12 College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Corio - Lovely Banks.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 1,726
ICSEA 877
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Corio - Lovely Banks (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)
Geelong Grammar School
Independent 1,422 students
ICSEA 1149 intake context
Geelong Baptist College
Independent 255 students
ICSEA 1031 intake context
St Francis Xavier School
Catholic 177 students
ICSEA 937 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Werribee - West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Lollypop Creek Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 390
ICSEA 1034
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Werribee - West (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)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Catholic 402 students
ICSEA 1085 intake context
St Andrew's School
Catholic 290 students
ICSEA 1021 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

Werribee - West's government schools have an average ICSEA of 995, compared to 877 in Corio - Lovely Banks. 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 Werribee - West 1,053 (2 schools), Corio - Lovely Banks 1,039 (3 schools).

There are 10 schools in Werribee - West, compared to 4 in Corio - Lovely Banks.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 57 in Werribee - West vs 9 in Corio - Lovely Banks.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Werribee - West at 34.6% (vs 24.5% in Corio - Lovely Banks).

Werribee - West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, above Corio - Lovely Banks's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 7% higher in Werribee - West ($635,000 vs $595,000).

Similar suburbs near Werribee - West
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House$615,000
Gov ICSEA980
Schools2
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,034
Schools1
Childcare24
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$660,000
Gov ICSEA1,026
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,076
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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Gov ICSEA1,055
Schools3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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