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Moving to East Bendigo - Kennington from Strathfieldsaye

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

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Comparing
Strathfieldsaye
VIC · current home
East Bendigo - Kennington
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
11,705
13,941
Annual growth
+2.2%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,217/wk
$1,408/wk
Overseas born
8.4%
11.4%
Non-English-speaking background
4.5%
8.5%
Children aged 0–14
23.7%
15.3%
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 8
Decile 5
IRSAD score
1,050
986
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
2
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,038
979
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,093
1,077
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
7
6
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$772,500
$654,000
House price YoY
+5.8%
+15.3%
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
120 min
GPs nearby
0
1
Supermarkets nearby
1
4
Parks nearby
15
24
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
105
212
Change vs prior year
-18%
-5%

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 →

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The free government school your child can attend in each area - side by side, never a blended average.

From · Strathfieldsaye
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Strathfieldsaye Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 538
ICSEA 1038
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Strathfieldsaye (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)
St Francis of the Fields School
Catholic 614 students
ICSEA 1093 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 · 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.

Honest tradeoff

East Bendigo - Kennington's government schools have an average ICSEA of 979, compared to 1,038 in Strathfieldsaye. ICSEA reflects the socioeconomic intake of students, not teaching quality - it is not a ranking of school performance.

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA East Bendigo - Kennington 1,077 (2 schools), Strathfieldsaye 1,093 (1 school).

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

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

East Bendigo - Kennington has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 5, below Strathfieldsaye's Decile 8. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 15% lower in East Bendigo - Kennington ($654,000 vs $772,500).

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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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