Moving to Bass Hill (Georges Hall area) from Tarneit (Central area)
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bass Hill - Georges Hall and Tarneit - Central, side by side - all from public government data.
Bass Hill (Georges Hall area) has 24,701 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.5% in a year, a median house price of $1.48M, 9 schools and 22 childcare services. Full Bass Hill (Georges Hall area) 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.
Georges Hall Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bass Hill - Georges Hall.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bass Hill - Georges Hall (NSW 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
Bass Hill - Georges Hall's government schools have an average ICSEA of 950, compared to 1,027 in Tarneit - Central. 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 Bass Hill - Georges Hall 1,059 (4 schools), Tarneit - Central 1,061 (3 schools).
There are 9 schools in Bass Hill - Georges Hall, compared to 6 in Tarneit - Central.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Bass Hill - Georges Hall vs 49 in Tarneit - Central.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Bass Hill - Georges Hall at 59.7% (vs 67.3% in Tarneit - Central).
Bass Hill - Georges Hall has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Tarneit - Central's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 120% higher in Bass Hill - Georges Hall ($1.48M vs $675,000).
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What is the population of Bass Hill (Georges Hall area)?
24,701 people lived in Bass Hill (Georges Hall area) at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.5% over the year. Tarneit (Central area) had 29,246.
Are houses cheaper in Bass Hill (Georges Hall area) than in Tarneit (Central area)?
No. The median house price is $1.48M in Bass Hill (Georges Hall area) and $675,000 in Tarneit (Central area), 120% higher in Bass Hill (Georges Hall area).
How many schools are in Bass Hill (Georges Hall area)?
ACARA lists 9 schools in Bass Hill (Georges Hall area), 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 → Bass Hill - Georges Hall