Waverley Meadows Primary School

Wheelers Hill is a middle-to-upper-income, established family suburb with a median age of 48 and a median weekly household income of $1,818 citation:2021 Wheelers Hill QuickStats. The suburb has a high proportion of families (5,934 families out of 20,652 residents) and a predominantly white-collar, professional workforce, with many residents working in managerial or technical roles citation:Wheelers Hill suburb profile. It is an older, settled community compared to the Victorian median age of 38.

According to the 2016 Census, 27.6% of Wheelers Hill residents had both parents born in Australia and 59.0% had both parents born overseas citation:2016 Wheelers Hill QuickStats. The most common overseas country of birth for the suburb is not explicitly stated in the provided 2021 data, but the high proportion of overseas-born parents suggests strong Chinese or Indian communities common in the Monash area.

Waverley Meadows Primary School offers Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) provided by **OSHClub** citation:Waverley Meadows PS OSHC. The hours are **Before School Care: 7:00am – 8:30am** and **After School Care: 3:30pm – 6:00pm**, with curriculum day care from 7:00am to 6:00pm citation:Before and After School Care. Bookings are made via the Kidsoft app.

Waverley Meadows Primary School runs the **Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program**, where students grow, harvest, and cook fresh produce citation:Waverley Meadows PS Specialist Classes. The school also implements **The Resilience Project**, a wellbeing program that builds emotional strength and gratitude, and has a **Student Leadership** program that gives students voice and agency in school decisions citation:Waverley Meadows PS Wellbeing.

Wheelers Hill is a leafy, family-friendly suburb centred around Jells Park and local shopping centres. For specialty groceries, **Astee Asian Grocer** at Brandon Park Shopping Centre offers a wide range of Asian produce, sauces, noodles, and frozen foods citation:Astee Asian Grocer. There are also several Chinese grocery stores in the area, such as those listed on dlook, providing traditional ingredients and fresh produce at competitive prices citation:Chinese grocery stores in Wheelers Hill. Major supermarkets include Woolworths citation:Woolworths Wheelers Hill.

The **Wheelers Hill Hotel** is a popular family-friendly pub with a Family Bistro, a kids' playground (Stadium 1 Playground), and sweeping views of the Dandenong Ranges; it serves steaks, seafood, pizzas, and classic pub fare citation:Wheelers Hill Hotel. For Italian takeaway or dining, **Il Desiderio** offers pizza and pasta with a local following citation:Il Desiderio on Tripadvisor. Another option is **The Rogue Squire**, a brew pub with a relaxed atmosphere and family-friendly menu citation:The Rogue Squire on Tripadvisor.

**Success Tutoring** has a dedicated centre in Wheelers Hill offering personalised, 24/7 academic support for primary and secondary students citation:Success Tutoring Wheelers Hill. **Math Minds Learning Centre** also provides maths-focused tutoring nearby, emphasising deep conceptual understanding for primary to secondary levels citation:Maths Tutoring Wheelers Hill.

Wheelers Hill does not have its own train station. The closest station is **Glen Waverley** on the **Glen Waverley line**. The train journey from Flinders Street Station to Glen Waverley takes approximately **30 minutes**. From Glen Waverley station, you can connect via **bus routes 753 or 754** to reach Wheelers Hill, with a total travel time of about **1 hour** door-to-door citation:Rome2Rio Flinders Street to Wheelers Hill. Driving from the CBD takes about **21 minutes** [citation:Rome2Rio same source].