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Moving to Highton from Wendouree - Miners Rest

Schools, childcare, demographics and house prices for Highton and Wendouree - Miners Rest, side by side - all from public government data.

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Comparing
Wendouree - Miners Rest
VIC · current home
Highton
VIC · destination
Population & growth ABS ERP June 2025
Population (2025)
15,548
25,794
Annual growth
+0.2%
+1.0%
Demographics ABS Census 2021
Median household income
$1,191/wk
$2,111/wk
Overseas born
8.8%
18.8%
Non-English-speaking background
5.5%
12.8%
Children aged 0–14
18.5%
18.3%
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 1
Decile 8
IRSAD score
886
1,070
Schools & childcare ACARA 2025 · ACECQA
Schools
7
6
Government schools ICSEA (avg intake)
922
1,096
Catholic/independent schools ICSEA (avg intake)
1,069
1,099
Childcare services (matched by suburb name)
14
14
Property VIC + NSW in v1
Median house price
$537,600
$886,000
House price YoY
+18.5%
+0.4%
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
88 min
76 min
GPs nearby
1
1
Supermarkets nearby
2
2
Parks nearby
42
42
Train stations
0
0
Safety CSA Victoria (year ending March 2026)
Recorded incidents, latest year (raw count - not population-adjusted)
1,672
372
Change vs prior year
+13%
-31%

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 · Wendouree - Miners Rest
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Yuille Park Community College

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Wendouree - Miners Rest.

Sector Government
Years Prep-12
Students 209
ICSEA 840
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Wendouree - Miners Rest (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)
Ballarat Grammar
Independent 1,989 students
ICSEA 1120 intake context
Our Lady Help of Christians School
Catholic 101 students
ICSEA 1017 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone - they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

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To · Highton
Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Highton Primary School

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

Sector Government
Years Prep-6
Students 359
ICSEA 1121
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Highton (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)
Christian College Geelong
Independent 1,908 students
ICSEA 1098 intake context
Woodline Primary
Independent 73 students
ICSEA 1100 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

Highton's government schools have an average ICSEA of 1,096, compared to 922 in Wendouree - Miners Rest. 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 Highton 1,099 (2 schools), Wendouree - Miners Rest 1,069 (2 schools).

There are 6 schools in Highton, compared to 7 in Wendouree - Miners Rest.

The proportion of children from non-English-speaking backgrounds is higher in Highton at 12.8% (vs 5.5% in Wendouree - Miners Rest).

Highton has a SEIFA advantage (IRSAD) of Decile 8, above Wendouree - Miners Rest's Decile 1. Decile 10 is the most advantaged nationally.

Median house prices are 65% higher in Highton ($886,000 vs $537,600).

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