Moving to Ballarat from Wendouree (Miners Rest area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Ballarat and Wendouree - Miners Rest, 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.
Yuille Park Community College
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wendouree - Miners Rest.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wendouree - Miners Rest (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
Ballarat's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,027, compared to 922 in Wendouree - Miners Rest. 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), Wendouree - Miners Rest 1,069 (2 schools).
There are 9 schools in Ballarat, compared to 7 in Wendouree - Miners Rest.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 11 in Ballarat vs 14 in Wendouree - Miners Rest.
Ballarat has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Wendouree - Miners Rest's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 40% higher in Ballarat ($750,000 vs $537,600).
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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. Wendouree (Miners Rest area) had 15,548.
Are houses cheaper in Ballarat than in Wendouree (Miners Rest area)?
No. The median house price is $750,000 in Ballarat and $537,600 in Wendouree (Miners Rest area), 40% higher in Ballarat.
How many schools are in Ballarat?
ACARA lists 9 schools in Ballarat, against 7 in Wendouree (Miners Rest area). The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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Plan the move: Wendouree - Miners Rest → Ballarat