Moving to Cranbourne West from Ballarat North - Invermay
Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Cranbourne West and Ballarat North - Invermay, 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.
Black Hill Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Ballarat North - Invermay.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Ballarat North - Invermay (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.
Quarters Primary School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Cranbourne West.
This is the zoned government school for the centre of Cranbourne West (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.
Government school academic context is comparable between Cranbourne West (ICSEA 1,003) and Ballarat North - Invermay (1,006).
Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Cranbourne West 1,045 (1 school), Ballarat North - Invermay 1,090 (1 school).
There are 4 schools in Cranbourne West, compared to 7 in Ballarat North - Invermay.
Childcare services matched by suburb name: 16 in Cranbourne West vs 12 in Ballarat North - Invermay.
The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Cranbourne West at 44.7% (vs 4.9% in Ballarat North - Invermay).
Cranbourne West has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Ballarat North - Invermay's Decile 6. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.
Median house prices are 25% higher in Cranbourne West ($740,000 vs $590,500).
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Plan the move: Ballarat North - Invermay → Cranbourne West