Auburn Primary School

Hawthorn East is an affluent suburb with a strong white-collar workforce. The 2021 Census shows a median weekly household income of $2,253 and a median age of 36 citation:2021 Hawthorn East, Census All persons QuickStats. The suburb has a mix of families and singles; there are 3,807 families and 7,710 private dwellings, with 0.6 children per household on average citation:2021 Hawthorn East, Census All persons QuickStats.

According to the 2021 Census, 42.9% of Hawthorn East residents had both parents born in Australia, while 38.7% had both parents born overseas citation:2016 Hawthorn East, Census All persons QuickStats. The most common overseas country of birth is not specified in the available data, so state explicitly that this detail is not found in the provided search results.

Auburn Primary School’s Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) is provided by TeamKids, operating on-site from 7am to 9am before school and from 3.30pm to 6.30pm after school citation:Extracurricular programs | Auburn Primary School. Holiday care runs from 7am to 6.30pm on curriculum days and school holidays citation:Extracurricular programs | Auburn Primary School.

Auburn Primary School offers a range of named extracurriculars, including Coding Club, various Choirs and music groups, and a Games Club during lunchtimes citation:Extracurricular programs | Auburn Primary School. The school also runs a Student Excellence Program with weekly enrichment and participation in events like the MAV Maths Games Day and Victorian High Abilities Program citation:Student Excellence Program | Auburn Primary School. Additional activities include Tennis Lessons during school hours and Piano Lessons with Rebecca Richardson and Mingmei Li citation:Extracurricular programs | Auburn Primary School.

Hawthorn East is a leafy, family-friendly suburb with parks and a village feel, anchored by the HomeCo. Hawthorn East shopping centre. Specialty supermarkets include Starlight Asian Market at HomeCo. Hawthorn East (742 Toorak Road), offering Asian groceries and fresh produce citation:Starlight Asian Market at HomeCo. Hawthorn East, and McCoppins Gourmet Supermarket & Deli (498 Tooronga Road), a family-owned store with artisan cheeses and fine wines citation:Gourmet Supermarket & Deli Hawthorn East | McCoppins.

Casual, family-friendly options in Hawthorn East include Pizza Culture (pizza, takeaway and delivery) citation:Pizza Culture Hawthorn East | Pizza Delivery & Takeaway, Canvas (counter-order takeaway with outdoor seating, noted for quality-to-price ratio) citation:Best Takeaway in Hawthorn East — 2026 Guide | MELBZ, and Tao Tao House (Chinese yum cha and takeaway) in nearby Hawthorn citation:THE 10 BEST Takeaway Restaurants in Hawthorn - Tripadvisor.

Success Tutoring offers in-person and online tutoring in Hawthorn, with tailored learning plans for primary and secondary students citation:Hawthorn Tutoring – Success Tutoring. Tutor2you provides in-home tutoring in Hawthorn East for subjects like Maths and English, with tutors holding working with children checks citation:6 3123 Hawthorn East.

Hawthorn East is served by Hawthorn Station on the Lilydale and Belgrave train lines. The journey from Hawthorn Station to Flinders Street Station takes approximately 10–12 minutes, with trains running every 15–20 minutes citation:Hawthorn (Station) to Flinders Street Station - 4 ways citation:Hawthorn | Metro Trains.