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Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek

Victoria · Nillumbik - Kinglake · Melbourne - North East

Why “Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Wattle Glen 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.

Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek is a locality in the Nillumbik - Kinglake area of Victoria. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek SA2.

Where in VIC
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At a glance
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Schools
5
Top ICSEA 1066 (gov)
Childcare
13
NQS-rated services
Recorded incidents
27
-18% vs prior year
Median house
$1,125,000
+3.7% YoY
To CBD by train
51 min
AM peak
Population
14,859
+0.6% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Diamond Creek East Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 466
ICSEA 1066
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Sacred Heart School
Catholic 182 students
ICSEA 1080 intake context

Fee-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 Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek

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ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All VIC schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

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  • Smartie Pants Early Learning & Development
    Centre-Based Care · 90 places · Diamond Creek
    Exceeding NQS
  • Occasional Child Care Centre Diamond Creek
    Centre-Based Care · 56 places · Diamond Creek
    Exceeding NQS
  • Diamond Creek Memorial Kindergarten
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Diamond Creek
    Exceeding NQS
  • Diamond Creek Memorial Preschool
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Diamond Creek
    Exceeding NQS
  • Ness Reserve Pre-school
    Centre-Based Care · 30 places · Diamond Creek
    Exceeding NQS
  • Launchpad Diamond Creek
    Centre-Based Care · 116 places · Diamond Creek
    Meeting NQS
  • Story House Early Learning Diamond Creek
    Centre-Based Care · 92 places · Diamond Creek
    Meeting NQS
  • Brightminds Early Learning
    Centre-Based Care · 90 places · Diamond Creek
    Meeting NQS
  • Diamond Creek East PS TheirCare
    Centre-Based Care · 78 places · Diamond Creek
    Meeting NQS
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - VillageOSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 45 places · Diamond Creek
    Meeting NQS
  • Camp Australia - Wattle Glen Primary School OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 35 places · Wattle Glen
    Meeting NQS
  • Story House Early Learning Diamond Creek II
    Centre-Based Care · 103 places · Diamond Creek
    Not yet rated

+ 1 more services in this area's postcodes.

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register

Safety — recorded incidents

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Incidents, latest year
27
vs previous year
-18%
vs 2021
24
  • Property and deception offences 16
  • Crimes against the person 4
  • Drug offences 3
  • Justice procedures offences 3
  • Public order and security offences 1

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 →

Source: Crime Statistics Agency Victoria
The neighbourhood

Amenities

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GPs / clinics
3
Supermarkets
2
Parks
52
Train stations
2

Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Commute

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To CBD by train, AM peak
51 min
Nearest station
Diamond Creek Railway Station (1 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.

Source: State GTFS feeds

Climate & hazards

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Bushfire overlay
Within the official Bushfire Management Overlay · 68.6% of the SA2
Flood overlay
Within an official flood overlay (inundation / floodway / overland) · 6.5% of the SA2

This shows whether the Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek 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.

Source: Vicmap Planning, © State of Victoria (DEECA) — CC BY 4.0
Money

Property & rent

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Median house price
$1,125,000
House price YoY
+3.7%
Median 3BR house rent
Source: Valuer-General VIC Q2 2025 · DFFH Sep 2025
Population & growth
Population
14,859
Jun 2025
1yr growth
+0.60%
2024→25
Net change
+88
people / yr
Density
554
people / km²

Where did the gain come from?

+88
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+82
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-48
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+54

Reading the streams: organic growth — more babies than goodbyes — was the biggest driver.

Growth vs benchmarks
Wattle Glen - Diamond Creek
+0.60%
VIC median
+0.90%
National median
+0.80%