Moonee Ponds
Victoria · Essendon · Melbourne - Inner
This profile uses the ABS Moonee Ponds statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Moonee Ponds 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 Moonee Ponds SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Moonee Ponds SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Moonee Ponds Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Moonee Ponds.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Moonee Ponds (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 Moonee Ponds
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment512ICSEA1129
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment290ICSEA1145
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment289ICSEA1136
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSTeamKids - Moonee Ponds PrimaryCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Moonee Ponds
- Exceeding NQSCommunity Children - Moonee PondsCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Moonee Ponds
- Meeting NQSOnly About Children Moonee PondsCentre-Based Care · 126 places · Moonee Ponds
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Moonee Ponds West Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Moonee Ponds
- Meeting NQSGoodstart Early Learning Moonee PondsCentre-Based Care · 105 places · Moonee Ponds
- Meeting NQSNido Early School Moonee ValleyCentre-Based Care · 91 places · Moonee Ponds
- Meeting NQSPenleigh & Essendon Grammar SchoolCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Moonee Ponds
- Meeting NQSSt Monica's OSHClubCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Moonee Ponds
- Not yet ratedTeamKids - Penleigh and Essendon Grammar - Moonee PondsCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Moonee Ponds
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 1,383
- vs previous year
- -1%
- vs 2021
- 1,020
- Property and deception offences 1,074
- Crimes against the person 136
- Justice procedures offences 80
- Drug offences 50
- Public order and security offences 42
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
- 6
- Supermarkets
- 4
- Parks
- 16
- Train stations
- 1
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Moonee Ponds 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) · 1.8% of the SA2
This shows whether the Moonee Ponds 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
- $1,500,000
- House price YoY
- -5.1%
- Median 3BR house rent
- —
Where did the gain come from?
+213Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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