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Moving to Werribee - West from Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Werribee - West and Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing

Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights

VIC · current home

Werribee - West

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

22,415

32,943

Annual growth

+1.5%

+8.3%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,719/wk

$1,995/wk

Overseas born

15.7%

35.4%

Non-English-speaking background

12.0%

34.6%

Children aged 0–14

18.1%

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 7

Decile 5

IRSAD score

1,022

992

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,022

995

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,075

1,053

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$800,000

$635,000

House price YoY

+6.6%

+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.

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak

58 min

44 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)

730

4,121

Change vs prior year

+19%

-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 · Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Herne Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 267

ICSEA 1023

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights (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)

Clonard College

Catholic 940 students

ICSEA 1051 intake context

St Patrick's School

Catholic 418 students

ICSEA 1107 intake context

Holy Spirit Parish School

Catholic 326 students

ICSEA 1068 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 · 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 1,022 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights. 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), Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights 1,075 (3 schools).

There are 10 schools in Werribee - West, compared to 9 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 57 in Werribee - West vs 13 in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Werribee - West at 34.6% (vs 12.0% in Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights).

Werribee - West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Geelong West - Hamlyn Heights's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 21% lower in Werribee - West ($635,000 vs $800,000).

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Wyndham Vale - South VIC

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

Manor Lakes - Quandong VIC

House$660,000

Gov ICSEA1,026

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Childcare8

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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Gov ICSEA1,076

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Childcare3

SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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