Craigieburn - West
Victoria · Tullamarine - Broadmeadows · Melbourne - North West
Why “Craigieburn - West”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Craigieburn 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.
Craigieburn - West is a locality in the Tullamarine - Broadmeadows area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Craigieburn - West SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Craigieburn - West SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Aitken Creek Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Craigieburn - West.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Craigieburn - West (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 Craigieburn - West
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment972ICSEA992
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment660ICSEA1010
- Special · Government · Years UEnrolment192ICSEA994
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSAitken Hill Community CentreCentre-Based Care · 165 places · Craigieburn
- Exceeding NQSNewbury Child and Community CentreCentre-Based Care · 132 places · Craigieburn
- Exceeding NQSKalkallo Interim PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 132 places · Kalkallo
- Exceeding NQSBluebird Way Child and Family CentreCentre-Based Care · 131 places · Roxburgh Park
- Exceeding NQSWillmott Park P.S. Out of School Hours CareCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Craigieburn
- Exceeding NQSMalcolm Creek PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 66 places · Craigieburn
- Exceeding NQSBank Street PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Craigieburn
- Exceeding NQSHilton Street PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Craigieburn
- Exceeding NQSAnnadale Community CentreCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Mickleham
- Meeting NQSMickleham North Community CentreCentre-Based Care · 187 places · Mickleham
- Meeting NQSHAPPY SPROUTS EARLY LEARNINGCentre-Based Care · 185 places · Craigieburn
- Meeting NQSKool Kidz MerrifieldCentre-Based Care · 168 places · Mickleham
+ 80 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
- 3,283
- vs previous year
- +10%
- vs 2021
- 2,558
- Property and deception offences 1,987
- Crimes against the person 744
- Justice procedures offences 357
- Drug offences 96
- Public order and security offences 95
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
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 3
- Parks
- 22
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Craigieburn - West 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) · 1.1% of the SA2
This shows whether the Craigieburn - West 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.
Where did the gain come from?
+271Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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