Moving to Ballarat North - Invermay from Cranbourne West
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat North - Invermay and Cranbourne West, 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.
Quarters Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne West.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne West (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.
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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Ballarat North - Invermay (ICSEA 1,006) and Cranbourne West (1,003).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school), Cranbourne West 1,045 (1 school).
There are 7 schools in Ballarat North - Invermay, compared to 4 in Cranbourne West.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay vs 16 in Cranbourne West.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ballarat North - Invermay at 4.9% (vs 44.7% in Cranbourne West).
Ballarat North - Invermay has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Cranbourne West's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 20% lower in Ballarat North - Invermay ($590,500 vs $740,000).
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Plan the move: Cranbourne West → Ballarat North - Invermay