Cambridge Primary School

Hoppers Crossing, VIC

Here’s a short, family-facing eight‑point briefing for Cambridge Primary School (Hoppers Crossing). I ran one targeted search per item and extracted just the facts.

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

Hoppers Crossing (pop. ~37,216) has a median age of 37 and median weekly household income about $1,580 — broadly a middle‑income, family‑oriented suburb with many married households (about 49% married) and substantial recent residential growth. It’s a large, established outer‑metro suburb with mixed housing and many families rather than a singles/inner‑city profile citation:2021 Hoppers Crossing QuickStats.

2) Most common foreign country of birth

Most residents are Australian‑born (roughly 79–80%); the largest overseas‑born group is India (about 12% of residents in 2021). That makes India the clearest dominant overseas birthplace in the suburb citation:Hoppers Crossing suburb profile (ABS summary) - QuickStats citation:Hoppers Crossing country‑of‑birth breakdown (suburb profile).

3) Working‑parent support (OSHC)

Cambridge Primary uses TeamKids for OSHC — they run Before School Care, After School Care and Vacation (holiday) Care at the school (bookings/fees set via TeamKids). Families can access standard OSHC/holiday programs through TeamKids on site citation:Community – Cambridge PS citation:TeamKids - Cambridge Primary venue.

4) School culture — extracurriculars (2–3 items)

Cambridge PS lists these extracurriculars: school sport programs, robotics clubs, and chess (also camps, excursions and music activities noted) citation:School – Cambridge PS.

5) Suburb vibe and groceries (≈2 sentences)

Hoppers Crossing is family‑focused with many parks/playgrounds and major retail at Pacific Werribee (Coles/Woolworths/Aldi/BIG W/Kmart) for weekly shopping. For specialty/ethnic groceries there are local Asian supermarkets (e.g., Pacific Asian Supermarket at Pacific Werribee; 99 Asian Supermarket / MiGrocer listings in the area) citation:Pacific Werribee centre directory citation:99 Asian Supermarket listing.

6) Weeknight dining — 2–3 casual family options (with cuisine)

- Hoppers Pizza & Pasta — local pizza/pasta takeaway (family friendly, online ordering) citation:Hoppers Pizza & Pasta.

- Jai Ho Hoppers Crossing — North Indian takeaway/dine‑in (Indian cuisine) citation:Jai Ho Hoppers Crossing.

- Hanuman Thai — local Thai restaurant offering takeaway/delivery (casual family option) citation:Hanuman Thai Restaurant (Tripadvisor).

7) Tuition and enrichment nearby (1–2 centres)

Kumon Hoppers Crossing (Kumon maths/English franchise) and Acquire Academy (local private tutoring/learning centre) both list Hoppers Crossing services for primary‑level tuition and homework support citation:Kumon Hoppers Crossing centre listing citation:Acquire Academy Hoppers Crossing tutoring.

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

Hoppers Crossing is on the Werribee metro line. Typical train journey times to Flinders Street are roughly 35–45 minutes depending on service/express pattern (peak express services can be at the lower end) citation:Werribee Line - Transport Victoria citation:Hoppers Crossing Station - Metro Trains.

NAPLAN by Subject: How Cambridge Primary School Compares

Subject-by-subject results vs the average of 8 nearby schools.

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Sources

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