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Moving to Canadian - Mount Clear from Bendigo

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Canadian - Mount Clear and Bendigo, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Bendigo
VIC · current home
Canadian - Mount Clear
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
14,457
12,518
Annual growth
+0.2%
+0.9%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,267/wk
$1,396/wk
Overseas born
11.9%
12.6%
Non-English-speaking background
9.2%
8.7%
Children aged 0–14
15.2%
17.5%
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 2
Decile 4
IRSAD score
918
963
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
11
7
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
960
978
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,044
1,070
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
23
5
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$596,500
$590,900
House price YoY
+11.5%
+24.7%
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.
$480
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
120 min
82 min
GPs nearby
8
0
Supermarkets nearby
2
1
Parks nearby
27
45
Train stations
2
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
2,502
186
Change vs prior year
-10%
+18%

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 · Bendigo
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Camp Hill Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 251
ICSEA 1040
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Catherine McAuley College
Catholic 1,567 students
ICSEA 1055 intake context
Girton Grammar School
Independent 1,195 students
ICSEA 1148 intake context
Creek Street Christian College
Independent 457 students
ICSEA 1063 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 · Canadian - Mount Clear
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mount Clear Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Canadian - Mount Clear.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 221
ICSEA 991
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Canadian - Mount Clear (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)
Damascus College
Catholic 1,215 students
ICSEA 1052 intake context
Emmaus Catholic Primary School
Catholic 362 students
ICSEA 1088 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

Canadian - Mount Clear's government schools have an average ICSEA of 978, compared to 960 in Bendigo. 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 Canadian - Mount Clear 1,070 (2 schools), Bendigo 1,044 (6 schools).

There are 7 schools in Canadian - Mount Clear, compared to 11 in Bendigo.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 5 in Canadian - Mount Clear vs 23 in Bendigo.

Canadian - Mount Clear has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 4, above Bendigo's Decile 2. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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