St James' School

Vermont is an affluent, family-oriented suburb with a median weekly household income of $2,042 and a median age of 40 citation:ABS QuickStats 2021 Vermont. The suburb has 3,082 families and an average of 1.8 children per family, indicating a strong family demographic citation:ABS QuickStats 2021 Vermont. Vermont is predominantly white-collar, with a high proportion of professionals and managers living in established, leafy streets citation:Collings Real Estate Vermont South Profile.

In Vermont, 41.3% of people had both parents born in Australia, while 43.9% had both parents born overseas citation:2016 ABS QuickStats Vermont. The most common overseas country of birth is not explicitly stated in the available 2021 QuickStats, but the suburb is highly multicultural with significant communities from China and India as typical for eastern Melbourne.

St James' School OSHC is provided by Camp Australia (operated by MACSEYE) and runs before school from 7:00 am to 8:50 am and after school from 3:20 pm to 6:15 pm, Monday to Friday citation:StartingBlocks St James OSHC citation:ACECQA Camp Australia St James. The service is located at 51 Centre Road, Vermont, and currently holds a 'Working towards National Quality Standard' rating citation:StartingBlocks St James OSHC.

St James offers a range of named extracurriculars including **Marathon Club**, **School Choir**, and an **Instrumental Music Program** (with lessons for various instruments) citation:School Profile St James. Additional activities include Gardening Club and Outdoor Education, while specialist classes cover Physical Education, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Auslan, and STEM citation:School Profile St James.

Vermont is a leafy, family-friendly suburb with well-regarded schools and ample parklands such as Dandenong Creek Parklands citation:Collings Real Estate Vermont South Profile. Local grocery shopping is available at the Vermont South Shopping Centre on Morack Road (including a Coles supermarket) and at The Glen Shopping Centre in nearby Glen Waverley citation:Collings Real Estate Vermont South Profile. Specific ethnic supermarkets in the immediate area are not named in the provided sources; however, nearby Forest Hill has Bharat Superstore for Indian groceries citation:LocalBusinessGuide Vermont South.

**Vermont Thai** at 503A Burwood Highway, Vermont South, offers casual Thai takeaway and dine-in with popular dishes like Pad Thai and Massamun Curry citation:Vermont Thai citation:Best Restaurants Vermont Thai. Other specific family-friendly restaurants in Vermont are not detailed in the provided search results.

**Fruition Tuition Vermont** at Shop 5, 580-584 Canterbury Road, Vermont, provides personalised tutoring for early childhood through secondary school, including Maths, English, and Science citation:Fruition Tuition Vermont. **Top of the Class Private Home Tutoring** also serves the Vermont area, offering one-on-one tutoring tailored to the school curriculum citation:Top of the Class Vermont.

The nearest train station is **Heatherdale Station** on the **Lilydale/Belgrave lines**, with a travel time of approximately **1 hour 13 minutes** to Flinders Street Station citation:Rome2Rio Flinders to Vermont. Metro Trains operates services every 15 minutes. Alternatively, the **907 bus** from Swanston Street to Mitcham Station takes about 1 hour 22 minutes citation:Rome2Rio Flinders to Vermont.