Moving to Ballarat from Mickleham - Yuroke
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat and Mickleham - Yuroke, 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.
Yubup Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Mickleham - Yuroke.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Mickleham - Yuroke (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.
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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Ballarat (ICSEA 1,027) and Mickleham - Yuroke (1,013).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools), Mickleham - Yuroke 1,068 (2 schools).
There are 9 schools in Ballarat, compared to 8 in Mickleham - Yuroke.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Ballarat vs 22 in Mickleham - Yuroke.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ballarat at 8.2% (vs 60.5% in Mickleham - Yuroke).
Ballarat has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Mickleham - Yuroke's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 74% higher in Ballarat ($1.25M vs $717,000).
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