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Moving to East Bendigo - Kennington from Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

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

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Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

VIC · current home

East Bendigo - Kennington

VIC · destination

Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025

Population (2024)

35,856

13,941

Annual growth

+14.7%

-0.1%

Demographics ABS Census 2021

Median household income

$2,123/wk

$1,408/wk

Overseas born

46.0%

11.4%

Non-English-speaking background

62.6%

8.5%

Children aged 0–14

24.6%

15.3%

SEIFA advantage ABS SEIFA 2021

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

Decile 7

Decile 5

IRSAD score

1,029

986

Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA

Schools

Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)

1,030

979

Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)

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1,077

Childcare services (matched by postcode)

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Property VIC + NSW in v1

Median house price

$600,700

$660,000

House price YoY

+0.2%

-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.

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Getting around GTFS commute · OpenStreetMap amenities

Train to CBD, AM peak Nearest-station AM-peak estimate (VIC/QLD/WA); a blank means no station matched within range for that suburb — not that it has no transport.

36 min

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GPs nearby

Supermarkets nearby

Parks nearby

111

Train stations

Safety CSA Victoria (year ending Dec 2025)

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

559

184

Change vs prior year

+117%

-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 · Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Aintree Primary School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

Sector Government

Years Prep-6

Students 1,323

ICSEA 1058

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This is the zoned in-area government school for Rockbank - Mount Cottrell (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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, with an average ICSEA of 979 compared to 1,030. 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), Rockbank - Mount Cottrell none in this SA2.

There are 3 schools in East Bendigo - Kennington, compared to 5 in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in East Bendigo - Kennington at 8.5% (vs 62.6% in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell).

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

Median house prices are 10% higher in East Bendigo - Kennington ($660,000 vs $600,700).

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