Croydon - East
Victoria · Maroondah · Melbourne - Outer East
Why “Croydon - East”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Croydon 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.
Croydon - East is a locality in the Maroondah area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Croydon - East SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Croydon - East SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Ruskin Park Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Croydon - East.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Croydon - East (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe 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 Croydon - East
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment525ICSEA1034
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment488ICSEA1034
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSCroydon Hills Primary School OSHC ProgramCentre-Based Care · 200 places · Croydon Hills
- Exceeding NQSPooh Bear's HouseCentre-Based Care · 95 places · Croydon
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning Croydon SouthCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Croydon South
- Exceeding NQSBrentwood Park KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 55 places · Croydon
- Exceeding NQSSwinburne Children's Centre CroydonCentre-Based Care · 55 places · Croydon
- Exceeding NQSMaroondah Occasional CareCentre-Based Care · 38 places · Croydon
- Exceeding NQSLipscombe Park KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 34 places · Croydon
- Exceeding NQSCroydon Central KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Croydon
- Exceeding NQSCroydon Gums KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Croydon
- Exceeding NQSSt Johns KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Croydon
- Meeting NQSDiscovery Childcare and EducationCentre-Based Care · 171 places · Croydon
- Meeting NQSExplorers Early Learning - CroydonCentre-Based Care · 130 places · Croydon
+ 26 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
- 1,588
- vs previous year
- +14%
- vs 2021
- 1,289
- Property and deception offences 920
- Crimes against the person 326
- Justice procedures offences 210
- Drug offences 73
- Public order and security offences 58
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
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 1
- Parks
- 38
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Croydon - East SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Where did the gain come from?
+204Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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