Cheltenham East Primary School

Cheltenham, VIC

Suburb socio-economic profile

Cheltenham is a middle-to-upper-income suburb with a median weekly household income of $1,919, above the national average citation:2021 Cheltenham (Vic.), Census All persons QuickStats. The median age is 40, and families with children make up a significant proportion of the population citation:CompoundInvest citation:2021 Cheltenham (Vic.), Census All persons QuickStats. The suburb has undergone gentrification and is considered a desirable residential area, with a mix of white-collar professionals and a strong family demographic citation:CompoundInvest.

Most common foreign country of birth

Specific percentages for the most common foreign country of birth for Cheltenham VIC are not found in available sources. However, the suburb is predominantly Australian-born; the 2021 Census shows 96.4% of residents are non-Indigenous, and while overseas-born data is available in the full QuickStats table, the top specific country share is not detailed in the provided snippets citation:2021 Cheltenham (Vic.), Census All persons QuickStats.

Working-parent support

Cheltenham East Primary School partners with TeamKids to provide Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) citation:TeamKids - Cheltenham East Primary. The service operates from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM on weekdays for after-school care; before-school care hours are not specified in the available sources citation:TeamKids - Cheltenham East Primary. Note: Cheltenham Primary School (a different school) partners with Camp Australia for OSHC citation:Camp Australia Before and After School Care (OSHC) | Cheltenham Primary School.

School culture

Cheltenham East Primary School offers a lunchtime Choir for students to develop singing and performance skills citation:Curriculum | Cheltenham East Primary School. The school also runs lunchtime clubs led by Year 6 students, including a Book Club, Gardening Club, and a Health and Wellness Group citation:2021 Newsletter. Private instrumental tuition is available for instruments such as guitar, piano, flute, and violin citation:Cheltenham East Primary School PROSPECTUS.

Suburb vibe and groceries

Cheltenham offers a family-friendly atmosphere with parks like Cheltenham Park and Kingston Heath Reserve, and a thriving café culture citation:CompoundInvest. The suburb hosts a Cheltenham Farmers’ Market and has several specialty grocers, including Orient-Asia Foods for Thai, Indian, and Middle Eastern items, and Ocho Ocho Asian Goods for Asian foods and beauty products citation:Orient-Asia Foods citation:Ocho Ocho Asian Goods. Tales of India offers online delivery of Indian groceries to Cheltenham citation:Tales of India.

Weeknight dining

For casual, family-friendly takeaway, Out4Thai offers Thai cuisine for dine-in or takeaway citation:Out4Thai. Magic Pizza provides pizza, parmas, and pasta for takeaway and delivery citation:Magic Pizza. Indian Burrp is a popular Indian takeaway option with a 4.4-star rating on Tripadvisor citation:THE 10 BEST Takeaway Restaurants in Cheltenham.

Tuition and enrichment

Success Tutoring has a centre in Cheltenham offering personalised tutoring for primary and secondary students, with 24/7 access to academic resources citation:Success Tutoring. Kip McGrath’s KMEC Cheltenham East Tuition Centre provides tutoring in English and maths for primary-aged students citation:KMEC Cheltenham East Tuition Centre.

Commute

Cheltenham Station is on the Frankston railway line, with trains running every 15 minutes to Flinders Street Station citation:Rome2Rio. The average train journey is 45 minutes, though the fastest services take 36 minutes citation:Rome2Rio.

NAPLAN by Subject: How Cheltenham East Primary School Compares

Subject-by-subject results vs the average of 4 nearby schools.

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