Penders Grove Primary School

Thornbury is an established inner-northern suburb with a median weekly household income of $1,971 and a median age of 37 citation:2021 Thornbury QuickStats. The workforce is predominantly white-collar, with many residents employed in professional, healthcare, education, and creative industries citation:CompoundInvest Thornbury Profile. The suburb has a balanced mix of families (4,773 families) and singles, with an average of 0.6 children per household citation:2021 Thornbury QuickStats.

According to the 2016 Census (the most recent country-of-birth data available in the provided sources), the top overseas country of birth in Thornbury was Greece (4.5%), followed by Italy (3.5%) and England (2.5%). In 2016, 38.6% of residents had both parents born in Australia citation:2016 Thornbury QuickStats. 2021 Census country-of-birth figures were not included in the provided search context.

Penders Grove Primary School partners with **TheirCare** to provide Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) on site citation:OSHC Pender's Grove. Before School Care runs from **7:00 am – 8:50 am**, After School Care from **3:30 pm – 6:00 pm**, and full-day care is available on curriculum days from **7:00 am – 6:00 pm** citation:OSHC Pender's Grove. TheirCare also operates during school holidays and pupil-free days.

Penders Grove offers several named extracurricular programs. These include the **Breakfast Club** (part of the Victorian Government's School Breakfast Clubs program), a **School Choir**, and a **Percussion Ensemble** that rehearses weekly and performs at school and community events citation:Breakfast Club Pender's Grove citation:Additional Music Programs. Students can also take private instrumental lessons in recorder, piano, guitar, violin, ukulele, and keyboard during the school day citation:Additional Music Programs.

Thornbury is a family-friendly suburb with numerous parks (e.g., Penders Park, Darebin Creek trails) and community facilities. For groceries, there is an **IGA Friendly Grocers** at 404 Station Street and a **Thornbury Food-way** at 650-654 High Street, both offering everyday essentials citation:Yellow Pages Supermarkets. For ethnic and specialty items, **Just Spice @ Thornbury** (Indian groceries) is located in the suburb, and **Wanlong Oriental** (Asian supermarket) services the wider area, though its primary locations are in Wollongong citation:Wanlong Oriental.

Casual family-friendly takeaway options in Thornbury include **Farro Pizzeria Thornbury** (Italian pizza and pasta), **Kebab & Sweet Spot** (kebabs and burgers), and **Croxton Roosters** (roast chicken and sides) citation:Uber Eats Thornbury. All offer takeaway and delivery services.

Families can access **Success Tutoring Thornbury**, which provides one-on-one English and maths assessments and personalised tutoring citation:Success Tutoring Thornbury. Another nearby option is **Kumon Northcote Education Centre** at 542 High Street, Northcote, offering after-school maths and reading programs citation:Yellow Pages Tuition.

Thornbury is served by the **Mernda line** from **Thornbury Station**. The train journey to Flinders Street Station (Melbourne CBD) takes approximately **21 minutes**, with services running every 20 minutes citation:Rome2rio Thornbury to Flinders Street. Alternatively, bus route 251 and tram route 86 also connect to the city.