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Moving to Ballarat from Delacombe

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

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Comparing
Delacombe
VIC · current home
Ballarat
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
15,255
11,668
Annual growth
+7.3%
-0.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,627/wk
$1,573/wk
Overseas born
11.0%
13.3%
Non-English-speaking background
8.0%
8.2%
Children aged 0–14
21.3%
14.7%
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 3
Decile 7
IRSAD score
947
1,040
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
9
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
970
1,027
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,029
1,099
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
7
11
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$623,000
$1.25M
House price YoY
+21.9%
-22.7%
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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$410
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
88 min
82 min
GPs nearby
2
4
Supermarkets nearby
1
0
Parks nearby
40
37
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
458
-
Change vs prior year
-11%
-

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 →

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From · Delacombe
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Delacombe Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 641
ICSEA 970
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Delacombe (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)
Lumen Christi School
Catholic 324 students
ICSEA 1029 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
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 350
ICSEA 1095
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Ballarat Clarendon College
Independent 1,896 students
ICSEA 1172 intake context
St Patrick's College
Catholic 1,267 students
ICSEA 1055 intake context
Loreto College
Catholic 948 students
ICSEA 1073 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's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,027, compared to 970 in Delacombe. 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), Delacombe 1,029 (1 school).

There are 9 schools in Ballarat, compared to 2 in Delacombe.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Ballarat vs 7 in Delacombe.

Ballarat has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Delacombe's Decile 3. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 100% higher in Ballarat ($1.25M vs $623,000).

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House$650,000
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Gov ICSEA1,006
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Childcare12
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$722,500
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Childcare6
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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