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Moving to East Bendigo - Kennington from Fraser Rise - Plumpton

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

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Comparing
Fraser Rise - Plumpton
VIC · current home
East Bendigo - Kennington
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2024)
24,739
13,941
Annual growth
+19.7%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,254/wk
$1,408/wk
Overseas born
42.2%
11.4%
Non-English-speaking background
52.9%
8.5%
Children aged 0–14
27.6%
15.3%
SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021
IRSAD decile (1 = most disadvantaged, 10 = most advantaged)
Decile 7
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,035
986
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,031
979
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,077
Childcare services (matched by postcode)
15
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$695,000
$660,000
House price YoY
-0.7%
-2.9%
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
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
4
Parks nearby
80
24
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count — not population-adjusted)
574
184
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 · Fraser Rise - Plumpton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Deanside Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 590
ICSEA 1044
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

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

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To · 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 in-area government school for East Bendigo - Kennington (VIC catchment data).

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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.

Honest tradeoff

East Bendigo - Kennington has weaker government school academic context than Fraser Rise - Plumpton, with an average ICSEA of 979 compared to 1,031. 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 East Bendigo - Kennington 1,077 (2 schools), Fraser Rise - Plumpton none in this SA2.

There are 3 schools in East Bendigo - Kennington, compared to 2 in Fraser Rise - Plumpton.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in East Bendigo - Kennington at 8.5% (vs 52.9% in Fraser Rise - Plumpton).

East Bendigo - Kennington has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Fraser Rise - Plumpton's Decile 7. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 5% lower in East Bendigo - Kennington ($660,000 vs $695,000).

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Childcare3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged

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