Essendon - East
Victoria · Essendon · Melbourne - Inner
Why “Essendon - East”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Essendon 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.
Essendon - East is a locality in the Essendon area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Essendon - East SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Essendon - East SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Essendon Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Essendon - East.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Essendon - 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 Essendon - East
- Secondary · Catholic · Years 7-12Enrolment1,047ICSEA1107
- Combined · Independent · Years Prep-12Enrolment859ICSEA1161
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment529ICSEA1116
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment387ICSEA1137
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSExplorers Early Learning - EssendonCentre-Based Care · 140 places · Essendon
- Exceeding NQSVilla BambiniCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Essendon
- Exceeding NQSCommunity Children - EssendonCentre-Based Care · 93 places · Essendon
- Exceeding NQSPenleigh & Essendon Grammar School - Raleigh St KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Essendon
- Exceeding NQSLowther Hall Anglican Grammar School KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Essendon
- Exceeding NQSNorthwest Montessori PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 28 places · Essendon
- Meeting NQSGuardian Childcare & Education EssendonCentre-Based Care · 131 places · Essendon
- Meeting NQSStarfish Early Learning Centre (Essendon)Centre-Based Care · 124 places · Essendon
- Meeting NQSTeamKids - Aberfeldie PrimaryCentre-Based Care · 110 places · Essendon
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Essendon Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Essendon
- Meeting NQSMontgomery Park KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 99 places · Essendon
- Meeting NQSCasa Bambini Children's Centre - EssendonCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Essendon
+ 11 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
- 1,166
- vs previous year
- -2%
- vs 2021
- 1,080
- Property and deception offences 891
- Crimes against the person 118
- Justice procedures offences 61
- Drug offences 49
- Public order and security offences 45
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
- 1
- Parks
- 16
- Train stations
- 2
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Essendon - 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 Essendon - 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.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,655,000
- House price YoY
- -12.9%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $650/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+320Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Essendon
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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