Templestowe Valley Primary School

Lower Templestowe is an affluent, family-oriented suburb with a high proportion of white-collar professionals. The median weekly household income is $1,919, well above the national median, and the median age is 45, reflecting an established community citation:2021 Templestowe Lower, Census All persons QuickStats. The area has a high rate of outright home ownership and 80.7% of dwellings are detached houses, with 4,082 families recorded in 2021 citation:Templestowe Lower – SA2 207021160.

The suburb is predominantly Australian-born, with 57.9% of residents born in Australia according to the 2016 Census citation:2016 Templestowe Lower, Census All persons QuickStats. The most common overseas country of birth is China (excluding SARs and Taiwan), accounting for 9.2% of the population citation:2016 Templestowe Lower, Census All persons QuickStats.

Templestowe Valley Primary School runs an Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) program directly on site. The service operates before school from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and after school from 3:30 PM to 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday during school terms citation:Templestowe Valley Primary School - OSHC | ACECQA. The provider is the school itself (Templestowe Valley Primary School Council) and the service has 80 approved places citation:Templestowe Valley Primary School - OSHC | ACECQA.

The school offers a range of named extracurricular activities including **Valley Voices** (a choir that rehearses weekly and performs at school and community events), a **TVPS Rock Band** for students learning musical instruments, and **bi-annual whole school musical theatre productions** where every student from Prep to Year 6 performs citation:Curriculum citation:School Production. The school also runs lunchtime clubs and a **MAGIC Groups** multi-age well-being program citation:Curriculum.

Lower Templestowe is a leafy suburban area with a strong community feel, offering access to parks, the Yarra River trails, and local shopping at the Templestowe Village shopping centre. For groceries, residents can shop at **Woolworths Templestowe Lower** (Unit 19, 325 Manningham Road, open 7 AM–10 PM daily), **Persian Market** (Unit 2, 325 Manningham Road), and **Seasons Asian Grocery** for a diverse range of Asian products citation:Supermarkets in Templestowe Lower citation:Seasons Asian Grocery.

Families can enjoy casual, family-friendly dining at **Tawee Thai** (Thai cuisine, offering takeaway and delivery), **Rajbhog Indian** (Indian restaurant in Templestowe), and **Pizzaroni's Templestowe** (pizza, open from 5:00 PM) citation:TAWEE THAI, Templestowe Lower citation:Restaurants in Templestowe,VIC With Takeaway.

Local tutoring options include **TopScore Education Melbourne** (2a Ashford Street, Templestowe Lower) and **Begin Bright Doncaster** (Unit 11, 114 James Street, Templestowe) citation:30 Best Local Tuition Tutoring in Templestowe Lower. Alpha Omega Education, while not in Lower Templestowe itself, offers early years enrichment programs in the broader area citation:Alpha Omega Education.

Lower Templestowe has no train station. The most direct public transport option is the **Route 905 bus**, which runs from Swanston Street in the city to Tuscany Rise/Porter Street in Templestowe, with a typical travel time of approximately 40 minutes citation:Flinders Street Station to Templestowe. The closest train station is **Eltham Station** on the **Hurstbridge line**, with a journey from Flinders Street Station to Eltham taking about 1 hour 15 minutes, followed by a bus connection citation:Flinders Street Station to Templestowe.