Altona
Victoria · Hobsons Bay · Melbourne - West
This profile uses the ABS Altona statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Altona is a locality in the Hobsons Bay area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Altona SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Altona SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Altona Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Altona.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Altona (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Altona
- Secondary · Catholic · Years 7-12Enrolment1,216ICSEA1100
- Combined · Government · Years Prep-12Enrolment796ICSEA1044
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment512ICSEA1111
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment298ICSEA1105
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment259ICSEA1060
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSAltona Early Years HubCentre-Based Care · 175 places · Altona
- Exceeding NQSSeaholme KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Seaholme
- Exceeding NQSAltona KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Altona
- Exceeding NQSSomers Parade KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Altona
- Meeting NQSAltona PS TheirCareCentre-Based Care · 130 places · Altona
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - St Mary's Altona Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Altona
- Meeting NQSTeamKids - Seaholme PrimaryCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Altona
- Meeting NQSAltona Early Education CentreCentre-Based Care · 68 places · Altona
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning AltonaCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Altona
- Meeting NQSEdu-Play Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Altona
- Not yet ratedTeamKids - Altona CollegeCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Altona
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 605
- vs previous year
- -1%
- vs 2021
- 513
- Property and deception offences 375
- Crimes against the person 83
- Justice procedures offences 74
- Public order and security offences 44
- Drug offences 27
Police-recorded incident counts (Years ending December; latest = year ending December 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 0
- Parks
- 24
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Altona SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Commute
- To CBD by train, AM peak
- 35 min
- Nearest station
- Westona Railway Station (0.6 km)
Median scheduled weekday AM-peak train travel time from the nearest station to the CBD terminus. Distance to that station is straight-line, not a walk time.
Climate & hazards
- Flood overlay
- Within an official flood overlay (inundation / floodway / overland) · 23.4% of the SA2
This shows whether the Altona SA2 intersects an official Victorian government hazard overlay, and the share of the SA2 area it covers. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,055,000
- House price YoY
- -16.3%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $530/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+238Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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