Livingstone Primary School

Vermont South is a well-established, family-focused suburb with above-average socio-economic advantage. The median weekly household income is $1,944 (ABS 2021), and the school’s ICSEA score of 1142 places it in the 94th percentile nationally, indicating a predominantly middle-to-upper income, white-collar population citation:Vermont South Suburb Profile 2026; citation:2021 Vermont South, Census All persons QuickStats; citation:Livingstone Primary School - Vermont South, VIC 3133. The suburb has a high proportion of families (3,453 families in 2021) and low housing turnover, reinforcing its family-oriented character citation:Vermont South Suburb Profile 2026.

While the majority of residents were born in Australia (51.3%), the largest overseas-born group is from China, at 14.2% of the population citation:Ancestry & Birthplace in Vermont South — Census profile. Other notable overseas birthplaces include India (3.4%) and England (2.4%) citation:Ancestry & Birthplace in Vermont South — Census profile.

Livingstone Primary School has an on-site OSHClub program offering before-school care (“Rise then Shine”), after-school care (“Stay and Play”), and vacation care (“Holiday HQ”) for children aged 4–12 years citation:Livingstone Primary School | OSHClub. The service operates from 7:00 AM to 6:30 PM on school days and during holidays citation:Livingstone Primary School | OSHClub.

Livingstone Primary School promotes a culture of respect, responsibility, and community connectedness. The school offers a 1:1 iPad program and describes its extracurricular offerings as “rich,” though specific activities (e.g., sports, performing arts, clubs) are not detailed in the provided sources citation:Livingstone Primary School – Linking the community through learning..

Vermont South has a quiet, leafy atmosphere with local strip shops along Morack Road and the Vermont South Shopping Centre. For grocery shopping, there is a Woolworths supermarket and several specialty stores, including Rich Maha Asian Groceries at the shopping centre for Asian and Indian products citation:Indian Grocery Stores Vermont South, VIC. The nearby Glen Shopping Centre in Glen Waverley offers additional major retailers and dining.

Casual, family-friendly takeaway options include Vermont Thai, a popular local Thai restaurant at Vermont South Shopping Centre offering dine-in, takeaway, and delivery citation:Vermont Thai | Thai Takeaway in Vermont South; citation:Vermont Thai | Best Restaurants Australia. Pizza and other takeaway options are also available, as noted on TripAdvisor, though specific restaurant names were not provided in the search results citation:THE 10 BEST Restaurants in Vermont South.

Several tutoring centres serve Vermont South families. Cloud Tuition offers online tutoring for Years 2–12 in English, Maths, and Science, with one-on-one virtual lessons citation:Tutoring Vermont South | Online Tutors for Years 2-12 | Cloud Tuition. Lynn’s Learning runs a maths and English tuition centre in nearby Glen Waverley, with programmes from Foundation to Year 10 at $40 per week citation:Maths Tutoring in Vermont South · Foundation to Year 10 · Lynn’s Learning.

Vermont South does not have a train station. The primary public transport link to Melbourne CBD is tram route 75, which runs along Burwood Highway and terminates at Flinders Street. Travel time by tram is approximately 50–60 minutes, though no exact estimate was found in the sourced material citation:Flinders Street Station to Vermont South - 4 ways to travel via line 75 tram. Buses also connect to nearby railway stations such as Glen Waverley and Heatherdale.