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Coburg - West

Victoria · Brunswick - Coburg · Melbourne - Inner

Why “Coburg - West”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Coburg 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.

Coburg - West is a locality in the Brunswick - Coburg area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Coburg - West SA2.

Where in VIC
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At a glance
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Schools
3
Top ICSEA 1147 (gov)
Childcare
28
NQS-rated services
Recorded incidents
2,025
-8% vs prior year
Population
14,989
+1.5% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the Coburg - West SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Coburg West Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Coburg - West.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 370
ICSEA 1147
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Coburg - West (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Fidelis' School
Catholic 251 students
ICSEA 1119 intake context

Fee-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 Coburg - West

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ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

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  • Coburg West Primary School Out of School Hours Care
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Coburg
    Exceeding NQS
  • Barry Beckett Children's Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 93 places · Coburg
    Exceeding NQS
  • Anne Sgro Children's Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 82 places · Coburg
    Exceeding NQS
  • Shirley Robertson Childrens Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 78 places · Coburg
    Exceeding NQS
  • Moreland Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 50 places · Coburg
    Exceeding NQS
  • The Learning Space Coburg
    Centre-Based Care · 39 places · Coburg
    Exceeding NQS
  • St Linus Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Merlynston
    Exceeding NQS
  • Merri-bek Family Day Care
    Family Day Care · Coburg
    Exceeding NQS
  • Coburg North PS TheirCare
    Centre-Based Care · 200 places · Coburg
    Meeting NQS
  • Coburg Children's Centre Inc.
    Centre-Based Care · 120 places · Coburg
    Meeting NQS
  • Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Coburg
    Centre-Based Care · 115 places · Coburg
    Meeting NQS
  • The Grove Children's Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 100 places · Coburg
    Meeting NQS

+ 16 more services in this area's postcodes.

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register

Safety — recorded incidents

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Incidents, latest year
2,025
vs previous year
-8%
vs 2021
1,618
  • Property and deception offences 1,551
  • Crimes against the person 245
  • Justice procedures offences 135
  • Public order and security offences 55
  • Drug offences 38

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 →

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria
The neighbourhood

Amenities

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GPs / clinics
0
Supermarkets
0
Parks
19
Train stations
0

Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Coburg - West SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors
Population & growth
Population
14,989
Jun 2025
1yr growth
+1.50%
2024→25
Net change
+222
people / yr
Density
4,702
people / km²

Where did the gain come from?

+222
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+85
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-67
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+204

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Coburg - West
+1.50%
VIC median
+0.90%
National median
+0.80%