@DreamerG said:
Regarding po sa Victoria some insights or suggestions po sa mga ss;
1.) Which area (North, West or East) ang advisable na hindi ganun kamahal pero malapit sa Train Stations and safer naman.
2.) Which area (North, East or West) and maraming selection ng primary school at hospital.
Salamat :-)
- You can always have a look at realestate.com.au for rental prices. Not all properties in the same suburb will have the same rental pricing, but generally anything that's super accessible/close to the CBD will be pricey. Where you to go or rent will depend on your budget, so I suggest you first work out a budget that you can afford using your settlement funds, at least for the first few months and while you're job hunting.
You can realistically find that info about "safe" places in google. Some neighborhoods are prone to experience higher crime rate, but in general Australia is kinda safe naman (definitely safer than the streets of Manila). I don't live in VIC, but I have never heard/read of a particular suburb in VIC that houses a lot of refugees (well, technically no one would know if you're a refugee because locals don't go around checking every neighbor's background/visa to see if they're living in a place with only refugees/migrants). Choosing where to live based on the presence/absence of refugees sounds a bit.... discriminatory to me. 😐 (just my two cents).
- Unlike the PH wherein you can select your child's school and live wherever you like, Australia has a school catchment system, wherein a school age student has to live in a particular suburb or catchment area to get a slot/place in that area's state school. It's possible to enroll your child in a school when you live outside of the catchment area, but your child is not guaranteed a place and they may be put on a waiting list. It's also an option to send your child to private school, but it's gonna cost you great deal of money. So have a look first at which school you'd like them to attend, and find a house located within that school's catchment area.
You generally go to hospitals for emergencies or surgeries (urgent or elective) only, or if your GP has a clinic set up there. The level of service you get from Australian hospitals are good, so you generally don't need to live close to more than one. You can simply find a GP that's local (like check Google or HotDoc) after you've moved to your new place.
The way Australian healthcare system works is that you need to get a GP, who will be your main point of contact for everything--getting referrals for blood tests, radiology (x-ray, ultrasound), specialists (OB, derma). Feeling poorly? Get an appointment with your GP (there's typically no walk-in option; you'd be lucky to get an appointment schedule without having to wait at least a week) for a standard consult, and they'll give you referral sheet to get tests done or they'll refer you to a specialist if your case needs one. If you get referred to a specialist, you may have to wait a few months (this is depending on the severity of your case) to actually get to see a specialist.
In my case (which happened this year), my GP referred me to an OB-GYN, and it took 3 months to get an appointment with one, because the GP first sent a referral to the tertiary hospital closest to where I live and the nearby hospital rejected it (I have no idea if it was because of they were overloaded or something). The GP referred me to another hospital with OB-GYN specialist (which thankfully accepted me), and I think they were the second closest tertiary hospital to my place. Then I got an appointment to get an elective surgery done within 90 days of that appointment with the OB-GYN. So being in close proximity to a hospital doesn't mean the hospital will automatically take on your case.
