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Moving to Charlemont from Wallan

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Charlemont and Wallan, side by side — all from public government data.

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Comparing
Wallan
VIC · current home
Charlemont
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
30,342
15,110
Annual growth
+7.1%
+8.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,002/wk
$1,988/wk
Overseas born
18.9%
18.4%
Non-English-speaking background
18.9%
14.5%
Children aged 0–14
24.7%
20.9%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 5
Decile 6
IRSAD score
986
1,021
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
985
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,039
1,090
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
27
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$640,000
$651,000
House price YoY
-2.7%
+7.0%
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.
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
GPs nearby
1
2
Supermarkets nearby
3
2
Parks nearby
70
41
Train stations
5
1
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
1,021
219
Change vs prior year
-12%
+21%

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 · Wallan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Muyan Primary School

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

Sector Government

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School
Catholic 698 students
ICSEA 1039 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 · Charlemont
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Mirripoa Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 638
ICSEA 1058
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

The government catchment school for parts of Charlemont is Mirripoa Primary School — just outside the suburb boundary (VIC catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Iona College Geelong
Catholic 1,332 students
ICSEA 1078 intake context
Geelong Lutheran College
Independent 1,317 students
ICSEA 1101 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

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Charlemont 1,090 (2 schools), Wallan 1,039 (1 school).

There are 2 schools in Charlemont, compared to 6 in Wallan.

Charlemont has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 6, above Wallan's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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