Mont Albert Primary School
Mont Albert, VIC
Here’s a short, family‑facing eight‑point briefing for Mont Albert Primary School (Mont Albert, VIC). I used official ABS and direct school/provider pages where possible; each item is a short fact/snippet with a source.
1) Suburb socio‑economic profile (2–3 sentences)
- Mont Albert is an established, relatively affluent, family‑oriented suburb — median age 42 and median weekly household income reported as high relative to state averages citation:2021 Mont Albert QuickStats.
- The area ranks toward the advantaged end on SEIFA indexes (higher relative socio‑economic advantage) citation:SEIFA 2021.
2) Most common foreign country of birth
- The ABS QuickStats for Mont Albert show that the most common overseas birthplace is China (i.e. Chinese‑born residents are the largest non‑Australian birthplace group for the suburb) citation:2021 Mont Albert QuickStats.
3) Working‑parent support (OSHC)
- Mont Albert Primary has on‑site OSHC (Before School Care, After School Care and Vacation Care) run by TeamKids (hours listed: before school from 7:00 am, after school until 6:00 pm; vacation care offered) citation:TeamKids Mont Albert OSHC.
4) School culture — 2–3 extracurriculars
- Performing arts program (singing, classroom instruments such as recorder and tuned percussion) citation:Mont Albert Primary Performing Arts.
- Specialist physical education program and school sports (specialist PE teacher, team games, sports clinics) citation:Mont Albert Primary Physical Education.
- Environmental/after‑school clubs (Environmental Action Group, school gardens) noted on the school extracurricular/profile pages citation:Mont Albert Primary School Profile.
5) Suburb vibe and groceries (≈2 sentences)
- Mont Albert is a leafy, village‑style suburb with a compact Hamilton Street shopping strip and parks — popular with families for local cafes, small retailers and primary‑school catchment living citation:FoodWorks Mont Albert.
- Local grocery options include Mont Albert FoodWorks on Hamilton Street and small local grocers / delivery services (Mont Albert Fresh) serving the area citation:FoodWorks Mont Albert citation:Mont Albert Fresh.
6) Weeknight dining — 2–3 casual family options
- Churchill Cafe (Hamilton St) — family‑friendly café with takeaway and casual meals citation:Churchill Cafe.
- Mont Albert Fish & Chips (Hamilton St) — classic takeaway option for families citation:Mont Albert Fish & Chips.
- Cantina Centrale — local Italian/pizza option on Hamilton St for evening dining/takeaway citation:Cantina Centrale.
7) Tuition and enrichment (1–2 centres)
- Success Tutoring lists services for Mont Albert (local primary/secondary tutoring and exam/homework support) citation:Success Tutoring Mont Albert.
- There are also several private tutors and platforms (Superprof / local one‑to‑one tutors) advertising in Mont Albert for in‑home or online tutoring citation:Superprof Mont Albert.
8) Commute — train travel time to Flinders Street
- Note: Mont Albert railway station was closed as part of level‑crossing removal works (station closure recorded in 2023) — therefore Mont Albert no longer has the old station in service; I’m substituting the nearest active local station (Surrey Hills or Box Hill) for travel estimates and noting the substitution. citation:Mont Albert railway station - Wikipedia.
- From Surrey Hills (nearest active station to the west) to Flinders Street by Belgrave/Lilydale line trains is typically about 20–25 minutes; from Box Hill (to the east) it’s roughly 25–30 minutes depending on stopping pattern and time of day citation:Rome2rio Mont Albert to Flinders St (journey estimates) and Metro trains timetables citation:Metro Trains timetables.
If you want, I can:
- Pull the ABS “Country of birth” table and report the exact percentages (one extra ABS table lookup), or
- Check the current metro timetable for a precise Surrey Hills → Flinders Street weekday off‑peak journey time (one journey‑planner lookup).
Which (if any) of those two follow‑ups would you like?
NAPLAN by Subject: How Mont Albert Primary School Compares
Subject-by-subject results vs the average of 6 nearby schools.
Year 3
Year 5
Sources
- 2021 Mont Albert QuickStats
- SEIFA 2021
- TeamKids Mont Albert OSHC
- Mont Albert Primary Performing Arts
- Mont Albert Primary Physical Education
- Mont Albert Primary School Profile
- FoodWorks Mont Albert
- Mont Albert Fresh
- Churchill Cafe
- Mont Albert Fish & Chips
- Cantina Centrale
- Success Tutoring Mont Albert
- Superprof Mont Albert
- Mont Albert railway station - Wikipedia
- Rome2rio Mont Albert Station → Flinders Street Station
- Metro Trains timetables
Generated from web research — for informational purposes only, not professional advice. NAPLAN data from ACARA.