Burwood
Victoria · Whitehorse - West · Melbourne - Inner East
Why “Burwood (Vic.)”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Burwood into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Burwood is a locality in the Whitehorse - West area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Burwood (Vic.) SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Burwood (Vic.) SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Wattle Park Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Burwood.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Burwood (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 Burwood (Vic.)
- Combined · Independent · Years Prep-12Enrolment1,530ICSEA1207
- Combined · Independent · Years Prep-12Enrolment1,170ICSEA1159
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment251ICSEA1122
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment108ICSEA1067
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSPresbyterian Ladies College Early LearningCentre-Based Care · 163 places · Burwood
- Exceeding NQSTeam Holiday - BurwoodCentre-Based Care · 31 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSJourney Early Learning Centre - BurwoodCentre-Based Care · 150 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSBurwood House Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 149 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSAmiga Montessori BurwoodCentre-Based Care · 73 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSDeakin & Community Childcare Co-operativeCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSOur Patch OSHC at Presbyterian Ladies' CollegeCentre-Based Care · 58 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSElmwood Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 48 places · Burwood
- Meeting NQSSt Scholastica's Outside School Hours Care, BennettswoodCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Bennettswood
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 804
- vs previous year
- +5%
- vs 2021
- 569
- Property and deception offences 607
- Crimes against the person 109
- Justice procedures offences 59
- Public order and security offences 16
- Drug offences 13
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
- 0
- Parks
- 22
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Burwood (Vic.) 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) · 3.6% of the SA2
This shows whether the Burwood (Vic.) 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
- $1,581,000
- House price YoY
- +19.8%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+629Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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