Taylors Lakes Primary School

Taylors Lakes, VIC

Below is a short, family‑facing 8‑point briefing for Taylors Lakes Primary School / families in Taylors Lakes (concise facts only; sources listed at the end).

1) Suburb socio‑economic profile (2–3 sentences)

- Taylors Lakes is a family‑oriented, middle‑to‑upper income suburb (median age 45; married households high). Median weekly household income ≈ $2,167, above the Victoria median (~$1,759), indicating relatively advantaged households for the region citation:2021 Taylors Lakes QuickStats citation:2021 Victoria QuickStats.

2) Most common foreign country of birth

- About two‑thirds of residents are Australian‑born (~64%); among overseas‑born residents the suburb’s traditional top responses include European origins (historically Italy among the larger overseas groups) rather than a single dominant recent migrant country citation:2021 Taylors Lakes QuickStats citation:StudyCountry Taylors Lakes summary.

3) Working‑parent support (OSHC)

- Taylors Lakes Primary School has on‑site OSHC (Before & After School Care and Vacation Care) operated under the “Big Childcare – Taylors Lakes PS OSHC” program (listed on StartingBlocks / Kindicare; shows before/after school care + vacation care) citation:Big Childcare - Taylors Lakes PS OSHC (StartingBlocks) citation:Big Childcare - Kindicare listing.

4) School culture — 2–3 extracurriculars

- Music program with classroom music, a Grade 4 choir and access to Metro Music private/group lessons (keyboard, guitar) citation:Music - tlps.vic.edu.au.

- Strong PE/sport program (weekly PE, interschool sport) and a modern school hall used for sport/assemblies citation:Physical Education - tlps.vic.edu.au citation:Principal’s page / new hall - tlps.vic.edu.au.

5) Suburb vibe and groceries (≈2 sentences)

- Taylors Lakes is suburban and family‑focused with a local shopping centre and neighbourhood parks; convenient shopping anchored by a Woolworths and small specialty retailers.

- Notable local specialty grocer: Lakes Fresh Food Market (Mediterranean/Italian deli & fresh produce) near the shopping centre citation:Taylors Lakes Shopping Centre Directory citation:Lakes Fresh Food Market.

6) Weeknight dining — 2–3 casual options

- Lakes Chinese (casual Chinese takeaway/dining in the shopping centre).

- Local fish & chips and pizza/takeaway options in Taylors Lakes Shopping Centre (e.g., local fish & chip outlets, pizza/sushi) — useful for quick family dinners citation:Lakes Chinese citation:Takeaway guide - MELBZ Taylors Lakes takeaways.

7) Tuition and enrichment (1–2 centres)

- Kumon learning centre listed for the area (maths/reading after‑school program).

- Local/online tutoring providers available (e.g., Cloud Tuition/Innate Tutoring list Taylors Lakes tutoring options) citation:Kumon near me in Taylors Lakes (Mapdoor) citation:Cloud Tuition - Taylors Lakes tutoring.

8) Commute — train time to Melbourne CBD (Flinders Street)

- Taylors Lakes has a suburban train station; typical train journey to Flinders Street is about 35–40 minutes (Rome2rio and public journey‑planner estimates; check PTV for realtime timetables) citation:Taylors Lakes to Flinders Street Station (Rome2rio) citation:Journey planner - Public Transport Victoria.

If you want, I can:

- Convert this into an 8‑line printable snippet card for handing out to families, or

- Pull the exact QuickStats “Country of birth – Top responses” table row from ABS (I can open the ABS QuickStats page and extract that single table cell). Which would you prefer? (choose: "print card" or "pull country‑of‑birth exact table")

NAPLAN by Subject: How Taylors Lakes Primary School Compares

Subject-by-subject results vs the average of 2 nearby schools.

Year 3

Year 5

Sources

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