Clayton - Central
Victoria · Monash · Melbourne - South East
Why “Clayton - Central”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Clayton 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.
Clayton - Central is a locality in the Monash area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Clayton - Central SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Clayton - Central SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Clayton North Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Clayton - Central.
The government catchment school for parts of Clayton - Central is Clayton North Primary School — just outside the suburb boundary (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 Clayton - Central
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment133ICSEA1082
- Special · GovernmentEnrolment—ICSEA—
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSMonash Community Family Co-operative LtdCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Notting Hill
- Exceeding NQSMonash Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 109 places · Clayton
- Exceeding NQSMonash Vale Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 97 places · Clayton
- Exceeding NQSKanooka Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 64 places · Clayton
- Meeting NQSGreenwood Notting HillCentre-Based Care · 233 places · Notting Hill
- Meeting NQSKids Academy ClaytonCentre-Based Care · 104 places · Clayton
- Meeting NQSClayton Montessori AcademyCentre-Based Care · 79 places · Clayton
- Meeting NQSCSIROCare ClaytonCentre-Based Care · 69 places · Clayton
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - St Peter's Primary School Clayton OSHCCentre-Based Care · 65 places · Clayton
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Clayton North Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Clayton North
- Meeting NQSMurray Street Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Clayton
- Meeting NQSJellystar Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 36 places · Clayton
+ 3 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
- 1,914
- vs previous year
- 0%
- vs 2021
- 1,308
- Property and deception offences 1,508
- Crimes against the person 185
- Justice procedures offences 115
- Public order and security offences 57
- Drug offences 48
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
- 8
- Supermarkets
- 3
- Parks
- 18
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Clayton - Central 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) · 10% of the SA2
This shows whether the Clayton - Central 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
- $1,290,000
- House price YoY
- +10.4%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $603/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+506Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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