Moving to Ballarat from Cranbourne South
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat and Cranbourne South, 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.
Government schools in Cranbourne South
Free government schools your child may attend. We couldn’t confirm the exact zone for this point, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) - not a ranking or a quality score.
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.
Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat (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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,027, compared to 1,012 in Cranbourne South. 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 1,099 (4 schools), Cranbourne South 1,093 (1 school).
There are 9 schools in Ballarat, compared to 7 in Cranbourne South.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Ballarat vs 22 in Cranbourne South.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ballarat at 8.2% (vs 24.2% in Cranbourne South).
Median house prices are 72% higher in Ballarat ($1.25M vs $725,000).
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Plan the move: Cranbourne South → Ballarat