Sunshine
Victoria · Brimbank · Melbourne - West
This profile uses the ABS Sunshine statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Sunshine is a locality in the Brimbank area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Sunshine SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Sunshine SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Sunshine Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Sunshine.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Sunshine (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 Sunshine
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment350ICSEA965
- Primary · Catholic · Years Prep-6Enrolment317ICSEA1070
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment198ICSEA1014
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSEast Sunshine KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 62 places · Sunshine
- Exceeding NQSKilleen Street Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Sunshine
- Exceeding NQSFairbairn Road KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 33 places · Sunshine West
- Exceeding NQSDorothy Carlton PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 30 places · Sunshine North
- Exceeding NQSSouth Sunshine KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 29 places · Sunshine
- Meeting NQSCamp Australia - Sunshine Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 167 places · Sunshine
- Meeting NQSJigsaw Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 159 places · Sunshine
- Meeting NQSAlexandra Avenue Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 129 places · Sunshine
- Meeting NQSThe Hive Early Learning Centre SunshineCentre-Based Care · 128 places · Sunshine North
- Meeting NQSRose Garden Sunshine Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Sunshine West
- Meeting NQSAnderson Road Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 95 places · Albion
- Meeting NQSGlen Gala Children's CentreCentre-Based Care · 93 places · Sunshine West
+ 25 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
- 2,536
- vs previous year
- +1%
- vs 2021
- 1,785
- Property and deception offences 1,217
- Justice procedures offences 772
- Crimes against the person 348
- Public order and security offences 105
- Drug offences 86
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
- 5
- Supermarkets
- 13
- Parks
- 20
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Sunshine 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 Sunshine 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?
+92Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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