Ascot Vale
Victoria · Essendon · Melbourne - Inner
This profile uses the ABS Ascot Vale statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Ascot Vale is a locality in the Essendon area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Ascot Vale SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Ascot Vale SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Ascot Vale Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ascot Vale.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Ascot Vale (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 Ascot Vale
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment374ICSEA1144
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment278ICSEA1029
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment265ICSEA1140
- Special · Government · Years UEnrolment103ICSEA1021
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSMaribyrnong River Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 107 places · Maribyrnong
- Exceeding NQSOnly About Children HighpointCentre-Based Care · 70 places · Maribyrnong
- Exceeding NQSAscot KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Ascot Vale
- Exceeding NQSCoronation KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Ascot Vale
- Exceeding NQSMaribyrnong KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Maribyrnong
- Exceeding NQSAscot Vale Progress KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 28 places · Ascot Vale West
- Meeting NQSGuardian Childcare & Education Ascot ValeCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Ascot Vale
- Meeting NQSNido Early School Ascot ValeCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Ascot Vale
- Meeting NQSHighpoint Kinder HavenCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Maribyrnong
- Meeting NQSSt Mary's Outside School Hours Care, Ascot ValeCentre-Based Care · 97 places · Ascot Vale
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Ascot Vale Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 86 places · Ascot Vale
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Ascot Vale West Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 70 places · Ascot Vale
+ 7 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 1,549
- vs previous year
- -2%
- vs 2021
- 961
- Property and deception offences 1,085
- Crimes against the person 189
- Justice procedures offences 167
- Public order and security offences 55
- Drug offences 53
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
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 2
- Parks
- 14
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Ascot Vale SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Flood overlay
- Within an official flood overlay (inundation / floodway / overland) · 5.3% of the SA2
This shows whether the Ascot Vale 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
- $1,275,000
- House price YoY
- +0.8%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+320Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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