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Moving to Yagoona - Birrong from Melton West

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Yagoona - Birrong and Melton West, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Melton West
VIC · current home
Yagoona - Birrong
NSW · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
22,710
23,744
Annual growth
+0.4%
+1.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,621/wk
$1,453/wk
Overseas born
28.8%
44.3%
Non-English-speaking background
29.2%
69.8%
Children aged 0–14
25.7%
21.6%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 2
Decile 3
IRSAD score
920
930
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
8
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
959
962
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
999
1,042
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
—
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$563,500
$1.5M
House price YoY
+7.3%
+11.6%
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.
—
$745
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
4
1
Parks nearby
35
24
Train stations
0
2
Safety NSW BOCSAR · CSA Victoria (2025) — counts not comparable across states
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
908
919
Change vs prior year
-3%
-9%

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 · Melton West
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wedge Park Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 848
ICSEA 976
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Melton West (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis Catholic College
Catholic 1,846 students
ICSEA 1012 intake context
OneSchool Global Vic
Independent 556 students
ICSEA 984 intake context
St Catherine of Siena School
Catholic 522 students
ICSEA 1002 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 · Yagoona - Birrong
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Birrong Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Yagoona - Birrong.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 451
ICSEA 967
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Yagoona - Birrong (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Christ the King Catholic Primary School Bass Hill
Catholic 179 students
ICSEA 1042 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

Government school academic context is comparable between Yagoona - Birrong (ICSEA 962) and Melton West (959).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Yagoona - Birrong 1,042 (1 school), Melton West 999 (3 schools).

There are 5 schools in Yagoona - Birrong, compared to 8 in Melton West.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Yagoona - Birrong at 69.8% (vs 29.2% in Melton West).

Yagoona - Birrong has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, above Melton West's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 165% higher in Yagoona - Birrong ($1.5M vs $563,500).

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