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Moving to Ballarat East - Warrenheip from Ballarat North - Invermay

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat East - Warrenheip and Ballarat North - Invermay, side by side — all from public government data.

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Ballarat North - Invermay
VIC · current home
Ballarat East - Warrenheip
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
15,204
9,771
Annual growth
+0.6%
+1.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,644/wk
$1,209/wk
Overseas born
9.2%
10.4%
Non-English-speaking background
4.9%
5.7%
Children aged 0–14
18.7%
15.8%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 6
Decile 3
IRSAD score
1,015
940
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
5
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,006
969
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,090
1,062
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
55
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$574,000
$656,300
House price YoY
-13.0%
+25.0%
Median 3-bed house rent /wk A blank means rent was suppressed for this area (too few lettings to publish a reliable median) — not that rent is unavailable there.
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
0
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
1
Parks nearby
44
40
Train stations
3
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
259
533
Change vs prior year
+46%
+15%

Sources: ABS ERP June 2025 · ABS Census 2021 · ABS SEIFA 2021 · ACARA School Profile 2025 · ACECQA NQS register · Valuer-General Victoria & DFFH (VIC) · DCJ Housing (NSW) · NSW BOCSAR (NSW) · CSA Victoria (VIC). How we source this data →

Which school is zoned?

The free government school your child can attend in each area — side by side, never a blended average.

From · Ballarat North - Invermay
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Black Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat North - Invermay.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 397
ICSEA 1042
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Ballarat North - Invermay (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Columba's School
Catholic 334 students
ICSEA 1090 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Ballarat East - Warrenheip
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Caledonian Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat East - Warrenheip.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 215
ICSEA 1010
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Ballarat East - Warrenheip (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
St Francis Xavier School
Catholic 482 students
ICSEA 1071 intake context
St Alipius' Parish School
Catholic 248 students
ICSEA 1052 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Honest tradeoff

Ballarat East - Warrenheip has weaker government school academic context than Ballarat North - Invermay, with an average ICSEA of 969 compared to 1,006. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Ballarat East - Warrenheip 1,062 (2 schools), Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school).

There are 5 schools in Ballarat East - Warrenheip, compared to 7 in Ballarat North - Invermay.

Ballarat East - Warrenheip has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Ballarat North - Invermay's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 14% higher in Ballarat East - Warrenheip ($656,300 vs $574,000).

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