Epping - East
Victoria · Whittlesea - Wallan · Melbourne - North East
Why “Epping - East”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Epping 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.
Epping - East is a locality in the Whittlesea - Wallan area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Epping - East SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Epping - East SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Meadowglen Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Epping - East.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Epping - East (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 Epping - East
- Combined · Independent · Years Prep-12Enrolment1,554ICSEA1067
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment975ICSEA956
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment384ICSEA966
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSWallaby Childcare EppingCentre-Based Care · 159 places · Epping
- Exceeding NQSEpping Views KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 69 places · Epping
- Exceeding NQSGreenbrook KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSAspire Early Education & Kindergarten WollertCentre-Based Care · 140 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSStory House Early Learning EppingCentre-Based Care · 130 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning EppingCentre-Based Care · 122 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSFirst Grammar EppingCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSRose Garden Epping Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSYMCA Harvest Home Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Epping North
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning Epping - High StreetCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSEpping North YMCA Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 104 places · Epping
- Meeting NQSYMCA Whittlesea - Galada KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 99 places · Epping North
+ 20 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
- 3,353
- vs previous year
- +11%
- vs 2021
- 2,048
- Property and deception offences 2,409
- Crimes against the person 480
- Justice procedures offences 272
- Drug offences 101
- Public order and security offences 88
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
- 1
- Supermarkets
- 0
- Parks
- 47
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Epping - East 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) · 3.7% of the SA2
This shows whether the Epping - East 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?
+102Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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