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Moving to Ballarat from Fraser Rise - Plumpton

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

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Fraser Rise - Plumpton
VIC · current home
Ballarat
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
24,739
11,668
Annual growth
+19.7%
-0.4%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,254/wk
$1,573/wk
Overseas born
42.2%
13.3%
Non-English-speaking background
52.9%
8.2%
Children aged 0–14
27.6%
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 7
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,035
1,040
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
9
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,031
1,027
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
-
1,099
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
11
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$700,000
$1.25M
House price YoY
+2.6%
-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.
-
$410
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
32 min
82 min
GPs nearby
0
4
Supermarkets nearby
1
0
Parks nearby
80
37
Train stations
0
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
548
-
Change vs prior year
+2%
-

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 · Fraser Rise - Plumpton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Deanside Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 590
ICSEA 1044
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Fraser Rise - Plumpton (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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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

Government school academic context is comparable between Ballarat (ICSEA 1,027) and Fraser Rise - Plumpton (1,031).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools), Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2.

There are 9 schools in Ballarat, compared to 2 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Ballarat vs 6 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ballarat at 8.2% (vs 52.9% in Fraser Rise - Plumpton).

Median house prices are 78% higher in Ballarat ($1.25M vs $700,000).

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