The Darebin council area in Victoria has 18 primary zones and 6 secondary zones for government schools. Each one is listed
below with the suburbs it covers and the median house prices around them.
Schools are in alphabetical order. A zone can cross a council border, so some suburbs listed
here sit in a neighbouring council. A suburb can also be split between two zones - check your
street address on
Find my School
before you rely on it.
$715,000 to $2,550,000 lowest and highest of 7 areas with a published figure
Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom house
$900 a week (Fairfield-Alphington rental area) · $650 a week (Heidelberg-Heidelberg West rental area) · $780 a week (Ivanhoe-Ivanhoe East rental area) · $720 a week (Preston rental area) and 2 more areas
Victorian Senior Secondary Completion and Achievement data source: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA).
The VCAA is not associated with SuburbRadar and does not endorse any of the views or recommendations of SuburbRadar. The VCAA's assessment data for a given year cannot be used to predict results for schools or students in subsequent years. Each year's assessment results will vary due to different assessments being used and different populations of students participating in the assessment.
Which government school zones are in Darebin?
The Darebin council area in Victoria has 18 primary zones and 6 secondary zones. Primary: Bell Primary School, Fairfield Primary School, Kingsbury Primary School, Newlands Primary School, Northcote Primary School, Penders Grove Primary School, Preston North East Primary School, Preston Primary School, Preston South Primary School, Preston West Primary School and 8 more. Secondary: Charles La Trobe P-12 College, Northcote High School, Preston High School, Reservoir High School, Thornbury High School, William Ruthven Secondary College.
How do I check which school zone my address in Darebin is in?
Zone lines follow streets, not suburb borders, so one suburb can be split between two zones. Type your street address into the address check on our school zones page, then confirm it on Find my School, the official map, before you rely on it.
How to read this page
Which zones are listed - government schools located in the Darebin council area that have an official zone. A few schools are left out because the zone data does not name them clearly; non-government and specialist schools have no zones.
Suburbs in the zone - suburbs the zone covers in whole or in a large part (at least 10% of the suburb or of the zone).
Prices and rents - the medians our suburb pages show for the statistical areas (ABS SA2) that contain the zone's suburbs, as the lowest and highest. They describe those whole areas, not only the streets inside the zone. Victoria publishes rent for rental areas and council areas, not single suburbs, so each rent names the area it covers.
ICSEA - a picture of the family backgrounds of a school's students (1000 is the national average). It describes student intake. It is not a ranking and not a measure of teaching.
VCE figures - as published by the VCAA for 2025. One published measure, not a ranking.
Next steps
School zone finder - nearby suburbs within your budget and the schools each is zoned to.
All VIC schools - every school in the state, including non-government schools.
School fees or moving - compare private school fees with the cost of moving into a zone.
Sources: school zones - Victorian Department of Education, School Zones, 2027. Schools, council area and ICSEA - ACARA School Profile 2025.
Suburb boundaries - Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 Suburbs and Localities.
Sale prices - Valuer-General Victoria, Q4 2025. Rents - Homes Victoria (Department of Families, Fairness and Housing), Rental Report, year ending Jun 2026 for rental areas and Jun 2026 quarter for council areas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Figures are as published. The Victorian Department of Education publishes its school zones for enrolment decisions and says they "should not be used for property purchase decisions". General information only, not financial advice.
Where each dataset comes from