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Moving to Cranbourne East - North from Ballarat

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne East - North and Ballarat, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Ballarat
VIC · current home
Cranbourne East - North
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
11,668
25,111
Annual growth
-0.4%
+0.2%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,573/wk
$1,931/wk
Overseas born
13.3%
46.3%
Non-English-speaking background
8.2%
49.9%
Children aged 0–14
14.7%
27.6%
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 7
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,040
984
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
9
4
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,027
992
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,099
1,073
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
11
10
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$1.25M
$755,000
House price YoY
-22.7%
+7.3%
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.
$410
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
82 min
58 min
GPs nearby
4
0
Supermarkets nearby
0
4
Parks nearby
37
36
Train stations
1
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
-
1,097
Change vs prior year
-
+13%

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 · Ballarat
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Pleasant Street Primary School (Ballarat)

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 350
ICSEA 1095
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

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.

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Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Ballarat Clarendon College
Independent 1,896 students
ICSEA 1172 intake context
St Patrick's College
Catholic 1,267 students
ICSEA 1055 intake context
Loreto College
Catholic 948 students
ICSEA 1073 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Cranbourne East - North
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Wilandra Rise Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne East - North.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 1,139
ICSEA 987
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne East - North (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)
St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Primary School
Catholic 711 students
ICSEA 1073 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

Cranbourne East - North's government schools have an average ICSEA of 992, 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 Cranbourne East - North 1,073 (1 school), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).

There are 4 schools in Cranbourne East - North, compared to 9 in Ballarat.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 10 in Cranbourne East - North vs 11 in Ballarat.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Cranbourne East - North at 49.9% (vs 8.2% in Ballarat).

Cranbourne East - North has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 39% lower in Cranbourne East - North ($755,000 vs $1.25M).

Similar suburbs near Cranbourne East - North
Cranbourne East - South VIC
Gov ICSEA1,006
Schools3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Cranbourne North - East VIC
House$812,000
Gov ICSEA1,017
Schools2
Childcare18
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 6 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Cranbourne South VIC
House$725,000
Gov ICSEA1,012
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Childcare22
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Clyde North - South VIC
Gov ICSEA1,031
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
Cranbourne North - West VIC
House$714,000
Gov ICSEA970
Schools3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 3 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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