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Moving to Werribee - West from Truganina - South West

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

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Comparing
Truganina - South West
VIC · current home
Werribee - West
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
20,395
32,943
Annual growth
+0.7%
+8.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,947/wk
$1,995/wk
Overseas born
55.5%
35.4%
Non-English-speaking background
72.1%
34.6%
Children aged 0–14
30.9%
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 5
Decile 5
IRSAD score
995
992
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
5
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,041
995
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,101
1,053
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
-
57
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$672,000
$635,000
House price YoY
+0.7%
+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
30 min
44 min
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
3
Parks nearby
35
85
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,493
4,121
Change vs prior year
+11%
-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 · 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 · 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 1,041 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 Werribee - West 1,053 (2 schools), Truganina - South West 1,101 (3 schools).

There are 10 schools in Werribee - West, compared to 5 in Truganina - South West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Werribee - West at 34.6% (vs 72.1% in Truganina - South West).

Median house prices are 6% lower in Werribee - West ($635,000 vs $672,000).

Similar suburbs near Werribee - West
Wyndham Vale - South VIC
House$615,000
Gov ICSEA980
Schools2
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Wyndham Vale - North VIC
Gov ICSEA1,034
Schools1
Childcare24
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Manor Lakes - Quandong VIC
House$660,000
Gov ICSEA1,026
Schools3
Childcare8
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Werribee - South VIC
Gov ICSEA1,076
Schools6
Childcare3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell VIC
Gov ICSEA1,055
Schools3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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