Moving to Ballarat North - Invermay from Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat North - Invermay and Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Armstrong Creek School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Black Hill Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat North - Invermay.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat North - Invermay (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
See the catchment on the mapFee-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.
Ballarat North - Invermay's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,006, compared to 1,055 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school), Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek 1,070 (1 school).
There are 7 schools in Ballarat North - Invermay, compared to 4 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay vs 14 in Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek.
Ballarat North - Invermay has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, below Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 13% lower in Ballarat North - Invermay ($590,500 vs $680,000).
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Plan the move: Barwon Heads - Armstrong Creek → Ballarat North - Invermay