Essendon, VIC

Community intelligence — schools, kids activities & area indicators

Area advantage (CAI) 94 · top 6% of suburbsHigher advantageYear 12 74%6 schools5 activities

Schools Activities

Which school is my address zoned to?

Homes in Essendon fall into different school catchments, and the nearest school is often not the zoned one. 2 of the 6 schools here have a mapped enrolment zone; we hold no published boundary for the other 4. Only an exact address settles it.

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Schools in Essendon

6 schools in Essendon: 3 catholic, 2 government, 1 independent.

We don't rank the schools in Essendon. None of the 6 schools here have published school-level attendance or destination data — the remaining figures describe the suburb, and are identical for every school in it. They're listed alphabetically below.

School	Sector	Type	Years	Enrol	Attend.	School score
Buckley Park College	Government	Secondary	7–12	903	—	n/a
Essendon Primary School	Government	Primary	K–6	390	—	n/a
Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School	Independent	Combined	K–12	855	—	n/a
St Bernard's College	Catholic	Secondary	7–12	1,579	—	n/a
St Columba's College	Catholic	Secondary	7–12	1,043	—	n/a
St Therese's School	Catholic	Primary	K–6	530	—	n/a

School

Sector

Type

Years

Enrol

Attend.

School score

Buckley Park College

Government

Secondary

7–12

903

—

n/a

Essendon Primary School

Government

Primary

K–6

390

—

n/a

Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School

Independent

Combined

K–12

855

—

n/a

St Bernard's College

Catholic

Secondary

7–12

1,579

—

n/a

St Columba's College

Catholic

Secondary

7–12

1,043

—

n/a

St Therese's School

Catholic

Primary

K–6

530

—

n/a

Enrol is the department's own count: VIC, February 2025 census, FTE (full-time-equivalent students, all sectors — a part-time or shared student counts as a fraction). Departments count enrolment in different ways and years, so a figure is comparable only with others from the same series. It is a size figure, not a quality one.

School score is shown only where the school itself publishes a signal — attendance (NSW & SA) or university destinations (VIC). n/a means no such figure is published for that school, so we will not print one: the remaining signals describe Essendon as an area and are identical for every school in it. Our estimate from open data — not ICSEA, not an official rating.

Property listings in Essendon

Homes for sale · Rentals (realestate.com.au — a suburb search, not a catchment search: confirm any address with the Zone check above.)

Kids activities in Essendon

Sports Centre (2)

Essendon Croquet Club location estimated · site
Essendon Bowls Club location estimated

Tennis (1)

Buckley Park Tennis

Football & Sports Clubs (1)

Windy Hill location estimated · site

Swimming (1)

Windy Hill Swimming Pool location estimated · site

Activity base data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Some suburb assignments are estimated from provider coordinates and are labelled. Age range, pricing and class times are not verified — contact providers directly.

Universities & TAFE in Essendon

TAFE Bendigo Kangan Institute — Essendon