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Moving to Delacombe from Ballarat

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

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Ballarat

VIC · current home

Delacombe

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

11,668

15,255

Annual growth

-0.4%

+7.3%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$1,573/wk

$1,627/wk

Overseas born

13.3%

11.0%

Non-English-speaking background

8.2%

8.0%

Children aged 0–14

14.7%

21.3%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)

Decile 7

Decile 3

IRSAD score

1,040

947

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,027

970

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,099

1,029

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$795,000

$545,000

House price YoY

-39.3%

-0.9%

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

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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)

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430

Change vs prior year

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-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 in-area government school for Ballarat (VIC catchment data).

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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

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To · Delacombe

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Delacombe Primary School

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

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 641

ICSEA 970

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

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)

Lumen Christi School

Catholic 324 students

ICSEA 1029 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

Delacombe has weaker government school academic context than Ballarat, with an average ICSEA of 970 compared to 1,027. ICSEA reflects the academic and socioeconomic intake of students — a higher score signals a higher-resourced school community.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment — average ICSEA Delacombe 1,029 (1 school), Ballarat 1,099 (4 schools).

There are 2 schools in Delacombe, compared to 9 in Ballarat.

Delacombe has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below Ballarat's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 31% lower in Delacombe ($545,000 vs $795,000).

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