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Moving to Beaconsfield - Officer from Ballarat

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Beaconsfield - Officer and Ballarat, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Ballarat
VIC · current home
Beaconsfield - Officer
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
11,668
29,524
Annual growth
-0.4%
+4.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,573/wk
$2,146/wk
Overseas born
13.3%
30.3%
Non-English-speaking background
8.2%
26.6%
Children aged 0–14
14.7%
23.1%
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
1,040
1,036
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
9
10
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,027
1,026
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,099
1,063
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
11
37
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.25M
$1M
House price YoY
-22.7%
-5.2%
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
82 min
58 min
GPs nearby
4
7
Supermarkets nearby
0
2
Parks nearby
37
68
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
470
Change vs prior year
-
+8%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · 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.

To · Beaconsfield - Officer
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kurmile Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Beaconsfield - Officer.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 107
ICSEA 1008
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Beaconsfield - Officer (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)
St Francis Xavier College
Catholic 2,797 students
ICSEA 1043 intake context
St Brigid's School
Catholic 375 students
ICSEA 1082 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 Beaconsfield - Officer (ICSEA 1,026) and Ballarat (1,027).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Beaconsfield - Officer 1,063 (2 schools), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).

There are 10 schools in Beaconsfield - Officer, compared to 9 in Ballarat.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 37 in Beaconsfield - Officer vs 11 in Ballarat.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Beaconsfield - Officer at 26.6% (vs 8.2% in Ballarat).

Median house prices are 19% lower in Beaconsfield - Officer ($1M vs $1.25M).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 8 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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