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Moving to Bendigo Surrounds - South from Cranbourne South

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bendigo Surrounds - South and Cranbourne South, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Cranbourne South
VIC · current home
Bendigo Surrounds - South
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
27,368
9,094
Annual growth
+11.6%
+1.7%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,228/wk
$2,040/wk
Overseas born
26.9%
6.8%
Non-English-speaking background
24.2%
2.4%
Children aged 0–14
24.3%
20.7%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 7
IRSAD score
1,031
1,025
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,012
1,012
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,093
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Childcare services (matched by postcode)
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3
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$700,000
$672,500
House price YoY
-14.9%
+1.9%
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.
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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
0
Supermarkets nearby
1
0
Parks nearby
65
1
Train stations
3
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
173
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Change vs prior year
-2%
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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 →

Which school is zoned?

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

From · Cranbourne South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Botanic Ridge Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne South.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 445
ICSEA 1027
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Cranbourne South (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Lighthouse Christian College Cranbourne
Independent 1,034 students
ICSEA 1093 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 · Bendigo Surrounds - South
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kangaroo Flat Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo Surrounds - South.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 313
ICSEA 908
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Bendigo Surrounds - South is Kangaroo Flat Primary School — just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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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 Bendigo Surrounds - South (ICSEA 1,012) and Cranbourne South (1,012).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Bendigo Surrounds - South none in this SA2, Cranbourne South 1,093 (1 school).

There are 4 schools in Bendigo Surrounds - South, compared to 7 in Cranbourne South.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Bendigo Surrounds - South at 2.4% (vs 24.2% in Cranbourne South).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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