Moving to Ballarat from Tarneit (Central area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat and Tarneit - Central, side by side - all from public government data.
Ballarat has 11,668 people (ABS, June 2025), -0.4% in a year, a median house price of $750,000, 9 schools and 11 childcare services. Full Ballarat suburb profile.
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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 sales Mar 2026 and rent Jun 2026 (NSW) · RTA Queensland rents (QLD) · 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.
Tarneit P-9 College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Tarneit - Central.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Tarneit - Central (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.
Honest tradeoff
Government schools in Ballarat and Tarneit - Central have a similar average ICSEA (1,027 and 1,027) - a measure of student intake, not teaching quality.
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools), Tarneit - Central 1,061 (3 schools).
There are 9 schools in Ballarat, compared to 6 in Tarneit - Central.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Ballarat vs 49 in Tarneit - Central.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Ballarat at 8.2% (vs 67.3% in Tarneit - Central).
Ballarat has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Tarneit - Central's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 11% higher in Ballarat ($750,000 vs $675,000).
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What is the population of Ballarat?
11,668 people lived in Ballarat at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of -0.4% over the year. Tarneit (Central area) had 29,246.
Are houses cheaper in Ballarat than in Tarneit (Central area)?
No. The median house price is $750,000 in Ballarat and $675,000 in Tarneit (Central area), 11% higher in Ballarat.
How many schools are in Ballarat?
ACARA lists 9 schools in Ballarat, against 6 in Tarneit (Central area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Tarneit - Central → Ballarat