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Moving to Ballarat North - Invermay from Bendigo

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

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Bendigo

VIC · current home

Ballarat North - Invermay

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2025)

14,457

15,204

Annual growth

+0.2%

+0.6%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,267/wk

$1,644/wk

Overseas born

11.9%

9.2%

Non-English-speaking background

9.2%

4.9%

Children aged 0–14

15.2%

18.7%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged) A relative socio-economic index - not a measure of safety or community quality.

Decile 2

Decile 6

IRSAD score

918

1,015

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

960

1,006

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,044

1,090

Childcare services (matched by suburb name)

Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$596,500

$590,500

House price YoY

+11.5%

+6.0%

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.

$480

Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak

120 min

82 min

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)

2,502

274

Change vs prior year

-10%

+45%

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 · Bendigo

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Camp Hill Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 251

ICSEA 1040

A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bendigo (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Catherine McAuley College

Catholic 1,567 students

ICSEA 1055 intake context

Girton Grammar School

Independent 1,195 students

ICSEA 1148 intake context

Creek Street Christian College

Independent 457 students

ICSEA 1063 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.

To · 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 government school for the centre of Ballarat North - Invermay (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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.

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

Honest tradeoff

Ballarat North - Invermay's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,006, compared to 960 in Bendigo. 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), Bendigo 1,044 (6 schools).

There are 7 schools in Ballarat North - Invermay, compared to 11 in Bendigo.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay vs 23 in Bendigo.

Ballarat North - Invermay has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Bendigo's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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