Elwood
Victoria · Port Phillip · Melbourne - Inner
This profile uses the ABS Elwood statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Elwood is a locality in the Port Phillip area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Elwood SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Elwood SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Elwood Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Elwood.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Elwood (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 Elwood
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment804ICSEA1096
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment618ICSEA1131
- Combined · Independent · Years Prep-12Enrolment149ICSEA1112
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment137ICSEA1152
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSPOETS GROVE FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTRECentre-Based Care · 105 places · Elwood
- Exceeding NQSLady Forster KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 49 places · Elwood
- Exceeding NQSYesodei Hatorah CollegeCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Elwood
- Exceeding NQSElwood Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 39 places · Elwood
- Meeting NQSTeam Holiday - ElwoodCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Elwood
- Meeting NQSEden Academy ElwoodCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Elwood
- Meeting NQSAndy's Before and After School CareCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Elwood
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning ElwoodCentre-Based Care · 55 places · Elwood
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 847
- vs previous year
- +5%
- vs 2021
- 663
- Property and deception offences 668
- Crimes against the person 89
- Justice procedures offences 64
- Public order and security offences 13
- Drug offences 12
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
- 2
- Parks
- 11
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Elwood SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $2,305,000
- House price YoY
- +12.2%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $1095/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+176Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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