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Moving to Ballarat North - Invermay from Mickleham - Yuroke

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

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Mickleham - Yuroke

VIC · current home

Ballarat North - Invermay

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

39,389

15,204

Annual growth

+11.8%

+0.6%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,982/wk

$1,644/wk

Overseas born

45.5%

9.2%

Non-English-speaking background

60.5%

4.9%

Children aged 0–14

29.0%

18.7%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 6

IRSAD score

997

1,015

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,013

1,006

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,068

1,090

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$700,000

$574,000

House price YoY

+4.5%

-13.0%

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.

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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.

46 min

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GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

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

1,001

259

Change vs prior year

+2%

+46%

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 · Mickleham - Yuroke

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Yubup Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mickleham - Yuroke.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 710

ICSEA 1009

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

This is the zoned in-area government school for Mickleham - Yuroke (VIC catchment data).

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

Hume Anglican Grammar

Independent 2,948 students

ICSEA 1095 intake context

Holy Cross Catholic Primary School

Catholic 401 students

ICSEA 1040 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 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.

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

Honest tradeoff

Government school academic context is comparable between Ballarat North - Invermay (ICSEA 1,006) and Mickleham - Yuroke (1,013).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school), Mickleham - Yuroke 1,068 (2 schools).

There are 7 schools in Ballarat North - Invermay, compared to 8 in Mickleham - Yuroke.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ballarat North - Invermay at 4.9% (vs 60.5% in Mickleham - Yuroke).

Median house prices are 18% lower in Ballarat North - Invermay ($574,000 vs $700,000).

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