Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell
Victoria · Wyndham · Melbourne - West
Why “Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Tarneit 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.
Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell is a locality in the Wyndham area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Karwan Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell (VIC catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapWe 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 Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment823ICSEA1067
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-8Enrolment454ICSEA1039
- Primary · Government · Years Prep-6Enrolment219ICSEA1059
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSBig Childcare - Tarneit Rise PS OSHCCentre-Based Care · 210 places · Tarneit
- Exceeding NQSCamp Australia Bellbridge Primary School OSHCCentre-Based Care · 145 places · Hoppers Crossing
- Exceeding NQSMilestones Early Learning TarneitCentre-Based Care · 130 places · Tarneit
- Exceeding NQSChild's Play Tarneit WestCentre-Based Care · 128 places · Tarneit
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning Hoppers Crossing - Deloraine DriveCentre-Based Care · 120 places · Hoppers Crossing
- Exceeding NQSTeamKids - Moonee Ponds PrimaryCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Moonee Ponds
- Exceeding NQSTeamKids - Westbourne Grammar - TruganinaCentre-Based Care · 100 places · Truganina
- Exceeding NQSTarneit Central KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 99 places · Tarneit
- Exceeding NQSAmici - Westbourne Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 98 places · Hoppers Crossing
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning Hoppers Crossing - Heaths RoadCentre-Based Care · 90 places · Hoppers Crossing
- Exceeding NQSTruganina YMCA Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 80 places · Truganina
- Exceeding NQSYerambooee KindergartenCentre-Based Care · 75 places · Hoppers Crossing
+ 110 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
- 3,562
- vs previous year
- +17%
- vs 2021
- 1,877
- Property and deception offences 2,698
- Crimes against the person 540
- Justice procedures offences 188
- Public order and security offences 77
- Drug offences 56
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
- 40
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Tarneit (West) - Mount Cottrell SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Commute
- To CBD by train, AM peak
- 39 min
- Nearest station
- Werribee Railway Station (8.9 km)
Median scheduled weekday AM-peak train travel time from the nearest station to the CBD terminus. Distance to that station is straight-line, not a walk time.
Where did the gain come from?
+2,101Reading the streams: Australian movers from other suburbs drove most of the change.
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