Moving to Bendigo Surrounds - South from Wallan
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bendigo Surrounds - South and Wallan, side by side - all from public government data.
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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 →
The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.
Muyan Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wallan.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wallan (VIC catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.
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We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Kangaroo Flat Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo Surrounds - South.
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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Bendigo Surrounds - South's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,012, compared to 985 in Wallan. 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 Bendigo Surrounds - South none in this SA2, Wallan 1,039 (1 school).
There are 4 schools in Bendigo Surrounds - South, compared to 6 in Wallan.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 6 in Bendigo Surrounds - South vs 26 in Wallan.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in Bendigo Surrounds - South at 2.4% (vs 18.9% in Wallan).
Bendigo Surrounds - South has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 7, above Wallan's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
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Plan the move: Wallan → Bendigo Surrounds - South