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Moving to East Bendigo - Kennington from Wallan

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

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Comparing
Wallan
VIC · current home
East Bendigo - Kennington
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
30,342
13,941
Annual growth
+7.1%
-0.1%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$2,002/wk
$1,408/wk
Overseas born
18.9%
11.4%
Non-English-speaking background
18.9%
8.5%
Children aged 0–14
24.7%
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 5
Decile 5
IRSAD score
986
986
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
6
3
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
985
979
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,039
1,077
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
26
6
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$652,500
$654,000
House price YoY
+3.0%
+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
62 min
120 min
GPs nearby
1
1
Supermarkets nearby
3
4
Parks nearby
70
24
Train stations
5
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,063
212
Change vs prior year
-4%
-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 →

Which school is zoned?

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

From · Wallan
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Muyan Primary School

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

Sector Government

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wallan (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)
Our Lady of the Way Catholic Primary School
Catholic 698 students
ICSEA 1039 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

Government school academic context is comparable between East Bendigo - Kennington (ICSEA 979) and Wallan (985).

Catholic/independent schools are separate from the free government catchment - average ICSEA East Bendigo - Kennington 1,077 (2 schools), Wallan 1,039 (1 school).

There are 3 schools in East Bendigo - Kennington, compared to 6 in Wallan.

Childcare services matched by suburb name: 6 in East Bendigo - Kennington vs 26 in Wallan.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is lower in East Bendigo - Kennington at 8.5% (vs 18.9% in Wallan).

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House$715,000
Gov ICSEA1,036
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 5 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$650,000
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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SEIFA IRSAD Decile 7 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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House$510,000
Gov ICSEA966
Schools4
Childcare3
SEIFA IRSAD Decile 4 · Decile 10 = most advantaged
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