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.

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Generated from web research — for informational purposes only, not professional advice. NAPLAN data from ACARA.