Moving to Ballarat North - Invermay from Lara
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat North - Invermay and Lara, 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.
Lara Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Lara.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Lara (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 Lara (995).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school), Lara 1,040 (1 school).
There are 7 schools in Ballarat North - Invermay, compared to 5 in Lara.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay vs 16 in Lara.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ballarat North - Invermay at 4.9% (vs 11.8% in Lara).
Ballarat North - Invermay has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Lara's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 17% lower in Ballarat North - Invermay ($590,500 vs $715,000).
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