Moving to Bendigo from Ballarat
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Bendigo and Ballarat, side by side - all from public government data.
Bendigo has 14,457 people (ABS, June 2025), +0.2% in a year, a median house price of $605,000, 11 schools and 22 childcare services. Full Bendigo 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.
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.
Camp Hill Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bendigo.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Bendigo (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
Bendigo's government schools have an average ICSEA of 960, compared to 1,027 in Ballarat. 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 1,044 (6 schools), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).
There are 11 schools in Bendigo, compared to 9 in Ballarat.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 22 in Bendigo vs 11 in Ballarat.
Bendigo has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 2, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 19% lower in Bendigo ($605,000 vs $750,000).
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What is the population of Bendigo?
14,457 people lived in Bendigo at June 2025 (ABS Estimated Resident Population), a change of +0.2% over the year. Ballarat had 11,668.
Are houses cheaper in Bendigo than in Ballarat?
Yes. The median house price is $605,000 in Bendigo and $750,000 in Ballarat, 19% lower in Bendigo.
How many schools are in Bendigo?
ACARA lists 11 schools in Bendigo, against 9 in Ballarat. The zoned government school for an address is shown above under "Which school is zoned?".
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