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Moving to Delacombe from East Bendigo - Kennington

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Delacombe and East Bendigo - Kennington, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
East Bendigo - Kennington
VIC · current home
Delacombe
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
13,941
15,255
Annual growth
-0.1%
+7.3%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,408/wk
$1,627/wk
Overseas born
11.4%
11.0%
Non-English-speaking background
8.5%
8.0%
Children aged 0–14
15.3%
21.3%
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 5
Decile 3
IRSAD score
986
947
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
3
2
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
979
970
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,077
1,029
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
6
7
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$654,000
$623,000
House price YoY
+15.3%
+21.9%
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.
-
-
Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities
Train to CBD, AM peak
120 min
88 min
GPs nearby
1
2
Supermarkets nearby
4
1
Parks nearby
24
40
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
212
458
Change vs prior year
-5%
-11%

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 · East Bendigo - Kennington
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Kennington Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 581
ICSEA 979
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of East Bendigo - Kennington (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)
Victory Christian College
Independent 900 students
ICSEA 1077 intake context
St Therese's School
Catholic 460 students
ICSEA 1076 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 · 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
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Delacombe (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)
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

Government school academic context is comparable between Delacombe (ICSEA 970) and East Bendigo - Kennington (979).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA Delacombe 1,029 (1 school), East Bendigo - Kennington 1,077 (2 schools).

There are 2 schools in Delacombe, compared to 3 in East Bendigo - Kennington.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 7 in Delacombe vs 6 in East Bendigo - Kennington.

Delacombe has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 3, below East Bendigo - Kennington's Decile 5. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

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